Why does Sherlock Holmes declare that the person he is to meet is the worst man in London?
Included in the anthology of short stories, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, this story contains the first meeting of Holmes and Watson, and chronicles their first adventure together.
While also a notable author of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and poetry, Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation was that of Sherlock Holmes. His consulting detective is absolutely embedded in Western culture, and we are all better for it.