The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, intended to be the last outing of Sherlock Holmes as a titular character. Conan Doyle wanted to focus in different literary genres and characters and presented eleven stories with a good assortment of situations for Holmes and Watson to shine in before their last bow as a crime solving duo. However, the retirement of the detective wouldn t be too long as public demands for new Sherlock Holmes stories were overwhelming for the author who had no choice but to return to the character some years later.