His Last Bow

This collection of eight cases from Watson's portfolio that illustrate the singular mental faculties of Sherlock Holmes include a body on the London Underground, the strange disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, and a parcel containing some coarse salt and two freshly severed human ears. In the course of these investigations, Holmes himself is struck down by a virulent Eastern disease, and we are reintroduced to his remarkable brother Mycroft whose specialty is omniscience.