In The Final Problem, Holmes meets his death at the hands of the evil criminal kingpin, Dr Moriarty. Then there is also The Adventure of the Yellow Face in which Holmes gets it all wrong, and a host of other compelling tales culminating in the story that shook the nation when it first came out – The Final Problem. Additionally there is The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, with a spy-versus-spy plot. Also there is The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter where we finally get to meet a member of Holmes' family, his brother Mycroft, who is reputed to have an even sharper brain than Sherlock's.
Other riveting tales in the book include The Adventure of the Gloria Scott – a rare story narrated by Holmes himself.
This story is memorable for its “curious incident of the dog in the night-time” remark by Holmes. The stories featured here include such gems as The Silver Blaze which is about the disappearance of a famous race-horse. The collection first appeared in 1894 in serial form in The Strand Magazine and then was later compiled into a single volume. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 stories featuring the pipe-smoking, violin-playing eccentric central character. Created by a Scottish writer and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this immortal private eye has solved cases for kings and commoners, lovely damsels and little old ladies, engineers and country squires and a legion of others who come to him in distress and perplexity.
In the company of his faithful companion, Dr Watson, Holmes has consistently delighted generations of readers. For more than a century and a quarter, fans of detective fiction have enjoyed the doings of the iconic sleuth, Mr.
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