“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it…”
With these chilling words, a legend was born. In A Study in Scarlet, the brilliant but enigmatic Sherlock Holmes makes his unforgettable debut, joining forces with Dr. John Watson to solve a baffling murder in a deserted London house. As the clues unfold — a wedding ring, a word scrawled in blood, and a trail that leads to the American West — Holmes's unique methods and unmatched intellect are revealed for the first time.
But this isn’t just a murder mystery. It’s the origin story of literature’s most iconic detective partnership.


This is Volume One of Sherlock Holmes...As It Happened
This new edition is part of a definitive series presenting the entire Sherlock Holmes canon in the order it was originally published — exactly as the world first encountered them. Each volume includes a fresh design, insightful foreword with literary comment and analysis, and extra material in the explanation of historical context. Where illustrations are available, these have been included. If relevant, comment and citations from other sources, both from Doyle and others, have been included.
Begin the journey where it all started — and follow Sherlock Holmes...As It Happened.