"His Last Bow," the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including "Wisteria Lodge," "The Bruce-Partington Plans," and "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax." In "The Dying Detective," Dr Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.
I. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, 1908
II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, 1893
III. The Adventure of the Red Circle, 1911
IV. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, 1908
V. The Adventure of the Dying Detective, 1913
VI. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, 1911
VII. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot, 1910
VIII. His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes, 1917