Sherlock Holmes A Study In Scarlet Part One (pages 1-34)

 This story starts with a character named Watson who just came back from the Afghan war and meets his friend Stamford. He told Stamford that he was looking for a comfortable place to stay at a cheap price. Once he heard that, Stamford told him that someone else by the name of Sherlock Holmes was looking for a person to split the price of some nice rooms he found. So they both went to the laboratory where Holmes was working to accept his offer. When they meet, Holmes immediately tells Watson that he has been in Afghanistan just from looking at him and Watson is amazed at how he found that out so fast. So, they had a conversation and agreed on sharing the price of the rooms.
In chapter two, Watson was in a way assessing or studying Holmes and his "ways". His interest and curiosity in him deepened as time went on. He even created a list titled "Sherlock Holmes-his limits" with lines of things he can do and knowledge that he has. Watson also noticed that Holmes has multiple people that go to him daily. So, later in the chapter, Sherlock reveals that he is a detective and the people visiting him are his clients.  
During chapter 3, Holmes receives a letter about an unusual murder that happened. It tells that there is no robbery and no wounds on the dead person, but there is blood in the room. Also, no one knows how he died. So, Holmes decides to investigate and invites Watson along with him. When they arrive at the building, they learn that two  inspectors named Gregson and Lestrade are there. They learned much on their visit including where the dead man was and a German word "rache" which means revenge written on the wall with blood. Holmes also found a ring on the dead persons body.
In chapter 4 and 5, Holmes was informed that a drunk man was revisiting the scene of the crime and that man was the murdered. Holmes also put a notice in the paper about the ring, expecting the murderer to come get it. But instead an old woman comes and says it is her daughter's. So he followed her home by jumping into the cab she had taken, but when the cab stopped, the woman was not there leading Holmes to believe that she is an accomplice to the murder.
This book is very interesting to me so far because it is the first time i have read Sherlock Holmes and i have seen the most recent movie. The book and the movie are nothing alike except for the characters. None the less i like this book and expect to continue reading it.