Arthur Conan Doyle skrev sammanlagt 56 noveller och fyra romaner sin mest framgångsrika karaktär Sherlock Holmes. "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" är den andra novellsamlingen i serien och innehåller:
Silver Blaze (svensk titel Silverbläsen)
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (svensk titel Pappkartongen)
The Adventure of the Yellow Face (svensk titel Det gula ansiktet)
The Stockbroker’s Clerk (svensk titel Börsmäklarens biträde)
The Gloria Scott (svensk titel Gloria Scott)
The Musgrave Ritual (svensk titel Musgraves ritual)
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (svensk titel Lantjunkarna i Reigate)
The Adventure of the Crooked Man (svensk titel Krymplingen)
The Resident Patient (svensk titel Den hemlighetsfulle patienten)
The Greek Interpreter (svensk titel Den grekiske tolken)
The Naval Treaty (svensk titel Flottfördraget)
The Final Problem (svensk titel Det sista problemet)
Doyle gjorde en lista över de tolv Sherlock Holmes-berättelser som han var mest nöjd med, tre av dem finns med här. Novellerna publicerades ursprungligen i The Strand Magazine.
Utdrag ur boken:
(Ur The Naval Treaty)
"You have implicit faith in Holmes?" [the client] asked.
"I have seen him do some remarkable things," [Watson answered.]
"But he never brought light into anything quite so dark as this?"
"Oh, yes, I have known him solve questions which presented fewer clues than yours."
"But not where so large interests are at stake?"
"I don't know that. To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of three of the reigning of Europe in very vital matters."
"But you know him well, Watson. He is such an inscrutable fellow that I never quite know what to make of him. Do you think he is hopeful? Do you think he expects to make a success of it?"
"He has said nothing."
"That is a bad sign."
"On the contrary. I have noticed that when he is off the trail he generally says so. It is when he is on a scent and is not quite absolutely sure yet that it is the right one that he is most taciturn."