The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780143120155
Subjects: FICTION / Classics; Private investigators; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British; John H. Watson (Fictitious character); Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character); English Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
Description: "This collection includes many of the most familiar cases Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson ever solve, including "Silver Blaze," "The Greek Interpreter," and "The Musgrave Ritual." As Holmes's fame grows, it brings him a notoriety that piques the ire of London's criminal underworld, who begin to scheme against him. It is in "The Final Problem" that Dr. Watson relates the grisly, fatal, and shocking tale of how Holmes finally meets his match, encountering the diabolical Professor Moriarty in a terrible struggle at Reichenbach Falls"--