Sherlock Holmes is back on the case in this collection of sparkling short stories, in which we learn about Holmes` early days as a sleuth, encounter a seemingly murderous widow, and meet the great detective`s brother, Mycroft, for the first time. And, in `The Final Problem`, Holmes comes face-to-face with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, in a battle of wits that could kill them both. This Macmillan Collector`s Library edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on Sherlock Holmes. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector`s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector`s Library are books to love and treasure.