His body is found in an abandoned home in Lauriston Gardens, thus beginning the mystery. He is pursued to the death by Jefferson Hope. The son of one of the Mormon Elders, Drebber is awarded Lucy Ferrier's hand in marriage. Unfortunately, she dies within a month of a broken heart.

She is eventually forced to marry one of Elders' sons, Enoch Drebber. The beautiful and charming adopted daughter of John Ferrier, Lucy falls in love with an outsider and a Gentile -Jefferson Hope.

The adopted father of Lucy Ferrier, he comes to recognize the danger of the Mormons and tries to escape Salt Lake City with Lucy and Jefferson Hope. John FerrierĪ traveler heading West who joins the Mormon faith when the Mormons, led by Brigham Young, rescue him from the desert. StamfordĪn old war friend of Watson's who introduces Watson and Holmes when both mention they are looking for a roommate. He is intelligent, rational, calm, and steadfast. He is sent to recover in London, upon which he is introduced to Holmes and becomes his roommate. WatsonĪ military doctor who is wounded during the second Afghan war. He has a tendency to be moody and he sometimes experiences profound depression he is also very solitary. His success in solving crimes stems from his ability to observe and deduce. It is implied that he is involved in some drug usage, although this is never explicitly stated. He is a talented violin player and chemist, and is well-versed in sensational literature. His knowledge is specialized yet diverse. They are engaged to be married but events lead to Lucy’s death and he’s left an angry and vengeful man who vows revenge on all responsible.A brilliant and eccentric 'consulting detective,' Holmes is a rather enigmatic figure.

The second part takes us back in time to the year 1847 in Utah where we get to know the murderer as a brave and passionate man who is passionately in love with the beautiful Lucy. I felt the murder mystery very intriguing which left me speculating till the end. They also learn from documents found on his person that he was in London with a friend, Joseph Stangerson. Blood has been found in the room but there is no mark on the body. Even the police have no leads and the murder is utterly baffling with only the word “Rache” found written on the wall in blood and a ring found near the body. The mystery is that of a dead body found in an abandoned rural manor. I was suddenly given an insight into his occupation when he tells Watson that he is a consulting detective and asks him to join in a new mystery that has come his way. Just as I was busy deciding what it was that Sherlock Holmes did…

Sherlock holmes a study in scarlet