The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - The Memoirs

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: The publication of The Adventures made Sherlock Holmes a household name among British readers, elevating his creator, Conan Doyle, to the status of a cash cow for mystery novel publishers. To entice Conan Doyle to continue writing Sherlock Holmes stories, publishers offered a staggering sum of one thousand pounds for this Memoirs. However, Conan Doyle had grown weary of the writing, so he had Holmes fall to his death during a confrontation with a criminal, with Dr. Watson concluding the story in The Final Problem. A landmark early Sherlock Holmes mystery, particularly renowned for tales like Silver Blaze, The Yellow Face, and The Naval Treaty. This book includes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, The Adventures, Memoirs, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Final Problem, and New Adventures.