A study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the novels beloved by millions of readers and stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. "Study in crimson tones" is the first story of the detective cycle.
England, XIX century. Former military doctor John Watson, having retired, returns to London, where he meets the mysterious Mr. Sherlock Holmes, a great specialist in investigating mysterious crimes. Thus begins their first joint business. The insightful and witty Sherlock guesses who is behind the murder in an abandoned house, and finds a criminal. The tragic story of this person transfers the reader to the state of Utah in the Wild West - a real stronghold of Mormon.
The book is illustrated by the artist Oleg Pakhomov.
For secondary school age.

About the illustrator:
Oleg Pakhomov - an illustrator of children"s books. Born in Sergiev Posad. He graduated from RCHTI with a degree in design. He began his career as a journal illustrator, inspired by the work of the famous Russian artist Igor Oleinikov. In the book illustration of Oleg Pakhomov, details are especially possible that immerse the reader into a fictional world invented by the author. In the publishing house "Nigma" with the illustrations of Oleg Pakhomov, the books" floating island "," Diamond pipe "," adventures of the balloonists", "Hyperboloid engineer Garin", "The head of the professor Dowel", "Dog baserville", "Hyperboloid", " The adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and others