Sherlock Holmes is back on the case in this collection of sparkling short stories. Not only does Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s brilliant detective investigate a fascinating series of crimes and misdemeanours in "The Memoirs", but we also learn about Holmes`s early days as a sleuth-hound and encounter the detective`s brilliant brother, Mycroft, who is a member of the Diogenes Club, one of the strangest establishments in London. And, of course, in "The Final Problem" Holmes comes face to face with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure.