The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1905 collection of 13 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, marking the detective’s dramatic return after his presumed death at Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem. The volume opens with The Adventure of the Empty House, where Holmes reveals to a stunned Dr. Watson that he faked his demise to evade Professor Moriarty’s remaining agents, resuming their partnership to thwart Colonel Sebastian Moran’s assassination plot. Subsequent tales feature Holmes tackling diverse cases, from the framed Norwood Builder and the harpooned Black Peter to university exam cheating and a blackmailer’s demise, blending forensic ingenuity, disguise, and moral judgment across Victorian London.