"A Study in Scarlet" is the novel that introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes, as well as his faithful associate Dr. Watson, to the literary world.School Library JournalGr 7-12-In the first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. Watson, discharged from military service after suffering wounds, is at loose ends until a chance encounter leads him to take rooms with Sherlock Holmes. When Watson is drawn into the investigation of a bizarre murder in which Holmes is involved, he is unaware that it is the beginning of the most famous partnership in the history of criminal detection. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.