Advantages: Incredibly addictive read. Interesting story and characters Disadvantages: If not pre-warned about it the second part could seem WEIRD!
...it's London 1881, John Watson, a medical doctor, is just back from the Afghan War, where he served as a field doctor, with a wounded shoulder (wound that in later stories will move to the leg but we forgive Doyle for this little mistake) and is looking for a decent accomodation in The City (apparently, even back then, it was hard to find an accomodation and the cost of living incredibly high). His introduction to Sherlock Holmes through a mutual ... ..."witnesses" for the use of a better word) Holmes' investigations:
A twisted corpse with no wounds found at a derelict house with the word "RACHE" scrawled in blood on the wall beside the body, and two inept but ambitious investigators of Scotland Yard --Lestrade and Gregson-- who are willing to take Holmes' help but to keep the credit for solving it.
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