Review Sherlock Holmes the final problem

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886,
the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, published by ward lock &
co in 1887, Indonesia publisher is gramedia pustaka utama with 216 pages

story is initially set in 1881, and is written as if it were the memoirs of Watson. The opening pages
see Dr Watson in London having been invalided out of the army where he had served in Afghanistan
as a doctor.
It is during the first meeting of Holmes and Watson when the observational powers of Holmes are
first revealed, as Holmes correctly identifies Watson as an injured ex-army doctor.
Ultimately Holmes and Watson take up residence at 221B Baker Street, but Watson soon realises
that he knows very little about his housemate, and so starts making his own observations. A great
number of people seem to visit Holmes, but Watson is never present at these meetings. Watson also
observes the wide range knowledge of Holmes, but also recognises the massive gaps of knowledge
that also exist.
At the crime scene, the body of Enoch Drebber is to be found, by whom the word Rache, German for
revenge, is written in blood. Little is known about Drebber, aside from the fact he is in London with
his secretary, a man by the name of Stangerson.
Holmes recognises the symptoms of poisoning and sets a trap for the murderer. A womans wedding
ring has been left behind, and so the owner of the lost ring is invited, by newspaper advert, to collect
it. The trap ultimately fails, as it was an old woman who came to collect, and indeed the old woman
had managed to elude Holmes as he followed her. Holmes though surmises that the woman was
merely an accomplice of the murderer, rather than being the murderer herself. Meanwhile Gregson
and Lestrade are pursuing their own suspects, Gregson indeed having gone so far as to arrest one
of these suspects, although of course it is the wrong man.
A second poisoning is uncovered when Drebbers friend Stangerson is found dead, again with the
word Rache written down. This time some pills are also found, and Holmes discovers that one pill is
poison and one is harmless.
At this point one of the Baker Street Irregulars announces that the Hansom Cab is downstairs
waiting for Holmes. When the cab driver ascends into 221B Baker Street, Holmes restrains him, and
announces he has found the murderer of Drebber and Stangerson, a man called Jefferson Hope.