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| Title: | The Adventure of the Final Problem | Collection: | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1893 (December) | Year set in: | 1891 |
| Mystery: | None | ||
| Apparent crime: | Murder | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | Holmes is pursued by a criminal mastermind. | ||
- Introduction
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Holmes has been constructing a case against Moriarty, a criminal mastermind. The latter's warnings are ignored and he pursues Holmes and Watson across Europe, intent on murder.
- Actual crime
- Murder
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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Watson is lured away by a false note and Holmes is left to confront Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.
- Quotations in this story (1)
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Quote "He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson."
- Characters in this story (4)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Mycroft Holmes Sherlock Moriarty Professor Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County Reichenbach Falls Switzerland
- Other notes
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The story in which Holmes was killed off b y Doyle, to be resurrected later. This story doesn't actually contain any mystery to be solved - just Holmes trying to avoid being caught and killed by Moriarty.
- Keywords
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Professor Moriarty Napoleon Meiringen Peter Stelier Reichenbach Falls waterfall Rosenlaui