Booklog 4/2025: Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet – Sherlock Holmes #1 – Audiobook

[jacey]

Read by Stephen Fry with introductions by Stephen Fry.

Fry's voice is perfect for the Holmes stories and his introductions are fascinating. This is a L_O_N_G audiobook encompassing several stories, so I'm reviewing them one at a time. A Study in Scarlet covers Holmes and Watson's meeting and their first case together where Holmes is using his powers of forensic investigation to the full. Holmes and Watson are introduced and agree to share a suite of rooms at 221B Baker St. Shortly after, Holmes is called in to help solve the murder of an American name Drebber and then Stangerson. There's obviously a connection. Holmes find the murderer, Jefferson Hope and then we are treated to a long digression to Salt lake City, Utah, where we discover Hope's motive for the killings. When Inspectors Gregson and Lestrade are credited with solving the crime, Watson determines to put it right in print and this the adventures of London's only consulting detective begin.