“’Holmes,' I cried.'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?’”

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) was the first Holmes collection to be published since 1893, after his creator killed him off by having him plunge into the Reichenbach Falls while battling his nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

Years later and in response to public demand, Conan Doyle resurrected the great detective in the thirteen tales that comprise this collection. From cryptic messages carved in childish code to the shadowy dealings of blackmailers, spies, and master criminals, Holmes and Dr. Watson plunge into mysteries that test the limits of deduction and loyalty alike. And Holmes is revealed as a man sharpened, not diminished, by his long absence—a man who has seen the world’s darkness and returned with his intellect keener than ever.

The stories included here are:

• The Adventure of the Empty House
• The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
• The Adventure of the Dancing Men
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• The Adventure of the Priory School
• The Adventure of Black Peter
• The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
• The Adventure of the Three Students
• The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
• The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• The Adventure of Abbey Grange
• The Adventure of the Second Stain

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) was born in Edinburgh, where he qualified as a doctor before going on to create Sherlock Holmes, one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction. Holmes, whose talent for deduction was modelled on the skill of Doyle’s professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, first appeared in the full-length novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887. While Doyle wrote other works of fiction and non-fiction, none of those captured the public’s imagination in the same way as consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who have become one of the most well-known detective duos in literature.

Later in life, Doyle became a prominent public figure, known for his humanitarian campaigns and his controversial interest in spiritualism. His legacy endures in the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes and the countless adaptations inspired by his work.

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