The Return of Sherlock Holmes

After years in which readers believed Holmes dead, Doyle brought him back in this collection of short stories. It opens with his reappearance in London and the unmasking of a hidden enemy, then offers a run of varied cases involving codes, a missing athlete, a buried secret and a disputed will. Watson is once more the narrator and companion. The volume shows the series at its confident best, warmly welcomed by readers who had missed its hero.