Publisher's Synopsis
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most beloved fictional detectives that has graced English literature, and we have Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to thank for making the introduction. Doyle began enchanting readers with Sherlock Holmes' deductive skills and crime fighting abilities in the late 1800s and early 1900s and the famous detective has remained popular to this day. However, Doyle stunned his readers with this collection of short stories, in which the intrepid detective dies while locked in mortal combat with the criminal nemesis, Moriarty.
