
ISBN: 9781596881396
This is the fifth and final collection of short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. The 10 stories included are “The Adventure of the Creeping Man,” “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire,” “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs,” “The Adventure of the Illustrious Client,” “The Adventure of the Three Gables,” “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier” (narrated by Holmes), “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane,” (narrated by Holmes), “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman,” “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger,” and “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was an unsuccessful doctor who wrote stories to fill time between infrequent patients. He created Sherlock Holmes in 1887 and went on to write four novels and 56 stories featuring the ingenious detective and his biographer companion Dr. John Watson.