Conan Doyle twice tried to retire Sherlock Holmes - first with a dramatic denouement at the Reichenbach Falls, and then in a more peaceful way, portraying the great detective in retirement in an apiary in Sussex. And can such a dedicated and energetic person as Sherlock Holmes retire? From time to time he will come across some case. And Irene Adler—“that woman,” as Holmes called her—who outsmarted him and was the only one he considered his equal? Their paths were surely bound to cross again. We are always tormented by the question: “What’s next?” In the next story we meet familiar characters many years later. They have grown older and are now dealing with the problems of a more mature age...