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His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes

Source: Doyle, A.C. (1917). His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes. New York: George H. Doran.

"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"
Miss Cushing receives a parcel in the mail that contains two severed human ears and Sherlock Holmes helps to crack the case involving her sister.
"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"
Watson and Holmes go to Cornwall where a man needs his help in solving a mystery concerning his two mad brothers and his dead sister.
"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Part 1"
Holmes’s brother visits him and tells him that three pages of the secret submarine plans are missing. The rest of the papers were found with the body of Arthur Cadogen West, however the three missing could enable an enemy to construct the submarine.
“The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Part 2”
A continuation of the previous story in which Holmes’s brother visits him and tells him that three pages of the secret submarine plans are missing. The rest of the papers were found with the body of Arthur Cadogen West, however the three missing could enable an enemy to construct the submarine.
  • Year Published: 1917
  • Language: English
  • Country of Origin: England
  • Readability:
    • Flesch–Kincaid Level: 6.2
  • Word Count: 30,979
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Keywords: myster, mystery
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