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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of eleven Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first issued in book form in 1893, with some editions dated 1894. Narrated principally by Dr. Watson, the cases include "Silver Blaze," "The Musgrave Ritual," and "The Final Problem." In the concl...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in book form in 1905. Its opening story, The Adventure of the Empty House, reveals that Sherlock Holmes survived his apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls and follows his return to Lo...
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle and the first published story to feature Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. It introduces their meeting, their shared rooms at 221B Baker Street, and Holmes's method of drawing investigative conclusions from close observation. The narrative...
The Beekeeper's Apprentice is a 1994 detective novel by Laurie R. King and the first entry in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. Set primarily in Britain during the First World War era, it introduces the intellectually gifted teenage Mary Russell, who encounters a retired Holmes on the Sus...
Reichenbach Falls is a dramatic cascade in Switzerland, notable for its role in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. The falls provided the backdrop for Holmes's fatal confrontation with Professor Moriarty. It remains a popular destination for tourists interested in both natural beauty and...
The Sign of the Four is an 1890 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle and the second full-length story featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Mary Morstan asks Holmes to investigate the disappearance of her father and the anonymous delivery of valuable pearls, leading to a pursuit involving a stolen t...
The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. Initially serialized in 1914 and 1915, it begins with Holmes investigating a murder at an English country house and connects the crime to Professor Moriarty's wider organization. A substantial retrospective narra...
The House of Silk is a Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz, first published in 2011 with authorization from the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle. Framed as a manuscript written by an elderly Dr. Watson, it recounts an investigation undertaken with Holmes in London in 1890. The case begins with an...
His Last Bow is a 1917 collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, bringing together cases narrated largely by Dr. John Watson. The volume's title story differs from the conventional private-detective cases by placing Holmes in British intelligence work on the eve of the First World...
The Moor is a 1998 detective novel by Laurie R. King and the fourth book in the Mary Russell series. Mary Russell and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, travel to Dartmoor after receiving a request for help from the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould. Their investigation connects reports of a spect...
Moriarty is a 2014 detective novel by Anthony Horowitz and an authorized continuation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Set after the apparent deaths of Holmes and Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, it follows Pinkerton detective Frederick Chase and Scotland Yard inspector Athel...
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first issued as a volume in 1927. It was the final Holmes story collection published during Doyle's lifetime and includes cases involving unusual disappearances, revenge, concealed identities, and apparen...
