In detective stories it’s quite usual for pearls to go missing. But what about pearls that mysteriously appear? Sherlock Holmes faces his second baffling case when he’s visited by a young woman, Mary Morston, whose father has vanished. It’s been ten years since he disappeared – and every year for the past six years, she’s been sent a huge, shiny pearl by an unknown person. Are these strange events linked? Why does the donor of the pearl suddenly want to meet her? And might her father still be alive? When Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the case, all three are drawn into a dark plot of intrigue and deadly danger…

The second mystery starring the iconic Sherlock Holmes

A classic story that brings foggy Victorian London to life

One of the stories that made Arthur Conan Doyle’s name

A superbly atmospheric plot spanning England and India

Product Details

Catalogue number

453 in EU Teen May 2019, 8823 in EU Secondary Rewards Catalogue 2018/19 and 8823 in EU Export Catalogue 2019

Series

Scholastic Classics

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407193250

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

January 3rd, 2019

Other details

176 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

Scholastic Classics: The Sign of Four x 10

eur prices

Price: €79.67

gbp prices

Price: £59.90
Scholastic Classics: The Sign of Four x 30

eur prices

Price: €239.00

gbp prices

Price: £179.70

Series

Scholastic Classics

Author/Illustrator

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Born in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was both a doctor and the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. As well as over fifty short stories about the detective and his sidekick, Watson, Doyle also wrote plays, poetry and many other novels.