The Sign of the Four The Sign of the Four The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. "The Sign of the Four" has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had
Sherlock Holmes pastiches Holmes, but it features many Conan Doyle's stories such as "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Valley of Fear", "The Speckled Band", "The Silver Blaze", "The Musgrave Ritual", "The Gloria Scott", and "The Copper Beeches". "The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra" is a comedy album created by The Firesign Theatre featuring Hemlock Stones and Flotsam. Sherlock Holmes pastiches Sherlock Holmes has long been a popular character for pastiche, Holmes-related work by authors and creators other than Arthur Conan Doyle. Their works can be grouped into four broad categories: New Sherlock Holmes stories fall into many categories, including: In