His Last Bow

This collection of detective stories includes 'His Last Bow', where Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. Other stories include earlier cases, such as 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans', and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax', as well as 'The Dying Detective', where Watson must save his friend from a mysterious tropical disease.