Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes

Another collection of short stories like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The last story shows his arch enemy Moriarty, but there is nothing exceptional about it. It is short and told in the same fact reporting style like the others, although with a different ending.

There is a story about Sherlock reminding of the case that made him decide to become a detective back when he was in college, and another introducing his elder and more intelligent brother, Mycroft.

Just like book number 3, I felt this book was not as great as the first two entries. As with every collection of stories, some were very interesting and solid Sherlock stories, but others seemed a little lower in quality and even repetitive. The highs in this book were not as high as I expected and this book pushed me to take a break from this series.

My favorite stories from this book were:

• The adventure of Silver Blaze
• The adventure of the Yellow face 
• The adventure of the Gloria Scott
• The adventure of the Reigate Squire
• The adventure of the crooked man
• The adventure of the resident patient.

The stories in this reach a whole other level compared to the previous collection, the mysteries more complex and interesting, the adventures more entertaining, and featuring the introduction of some absolutely iconic characters in Mycroft and Moriarty.

This must be the definitive collection of Sherlock Holmes stories.