Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.
In this adventure we meet for the first and last time Sherlock Holmes' biggest adversary, Professor James Moriarty. Holmes had already crossed his path several times and thereby thwarted his plans.
So Moriarty hires some men to silence him. This fails however, and happened and swiftly persuades him to travel to the continent with him, to put not just Moriarty's henchmen, but Moriarty himself behind bars. The two are able to escape Moriarty and travel to Switzerland.
Yet their "holiday" in Meiringen is short lived. As the two are on their way to Rosenlaui, they are stopped by an errand boy, who delivers a message for Watson. In thins message, Peter Steiler, the owner of the small Englisch inn, where they hat been staying, asks them to come at once, because an Englisch lady lay dying and was asking for an English doctor. Watson of course does not take much persuading, leaves Holmes with the errand boy as a guide and rushes straight back to Meiringen.
When he asks the landlord about the lady, however, he doesn't know anything about a sick Englishwoman. After a brief conversation, a terrible suspicion creeps over Watson. He immediately returns to the Reichenbach falls. There, he finds only the traces of the last fight of Holmes and Professor Moriarty.
The Final Problem
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
The Resident Patient
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
The Greek Interpreter
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Crooked Man
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
The Naval Treaty
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
The Resident Patient
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
The Greek Interpreter
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Crooked Man
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
The Naval Treaty
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
