The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen short stories. We talk a little about some of them.

The Empty House
Dr. Watson looks with amazement at supposedly dead Holmes again, who tells him how he has escaped his death. It is a story about taking the most dangerous henchmen of Holmes' nemesis Professor Moriarty, Colonel Sebastian Moran.

The Norwood Builder
A lone survivor builder seems to have been murdered by his heir, but Holmes believes in his innocence. However, the case seems hopeless. Eventually, Holmes discovered the murder who has been hiding in his own house.

The Dancing Men
The wife of a respected landowner driven by secret messages from dancing stick figures is in despair. While Holmes decipher the code, he realizes that it's not just a stupid prank. He can not indeed prevent the violent death of his client, but open up the factual circumstances thanks to his knowledge.

The solitary cyclist
A young lady is pursued by a stranger when she goes to the local train station or at home by bicycle. Dr. Watson tries to crack this case alone, but without any success. So, Holmes tries to do this work by himself.

The Abbey School
The son of a nobleman and a teacher have disappeared overnight from a boarding school. During an investigation, Holmes discovered the body of the originally suspected teacher…

Black Peter
On request of the police, Holmes investigates a cruel murder of an old whaling captain who was brutally stabbed to death in the garden shed, where he usually slept with a harpoon…