The great detective, Sherlock Holmes, returns with twelve further adventures. Dr Watson looks back over the case history of his friend Sherlock Holmes and provides the reader with these stunning and crafty tales of crime and mystery. They include "Silver Blaze", which was G. K. Chesterton's favourite Sherlock Holmes story, and "The Final Problem" where Holmes pursues Moriarty across Europe. The twelve stories included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are: "Silver Blaze" "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" "The Final Problem" This edition includes "An Introduction to Sherlock Holmes" by J. S. Williams.
Conan Doyle got sick of writing about Sherlock Holmes at some point, and I felt that this had some consequences for the stories in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Some of the resolutions of these mysteries were either too obvious or too obscure, missing the thrilling sweet spot of the unexpected. I did enjoy reading the introduction to Mycroft and Moriarty, two famous side characters from the Holmes universe.
