The Final Problem (Easy Classics)

Written by Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephanie Baudet

Narrated by Richard Usher

An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery – at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
‘This is not danger. It is definite destruction. Even with all your cleverness, you do not realise it. You must stand clear, Mr Holmes, or you will be crushed underfoot.’
Holmes is facing a problem – a big one. He’s on the tail of his most dangerous criminal to date, Professor Moriarty. But it seems that the professor is one step ahead. Can the detective unwind Moriarty’s web of crime before it’s too late? Or could this really be Holmes’ last case?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sweet Cherry Publishing
• Release date: Jul 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781782264293

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is the creator of the Sherlock Holmes character, writing his debut appearance in A Study in Scarlet. Doyle wrote notable books in the fantasy and science fiction genres, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.

Reviews for The Final Problem (Easy Classics)

[john257hopper · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I felt I wanted to re-read the classic story where Holmes meets his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty in final battle, to get the mental impressions of Michael Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story out of my head. It comes up as dramatic as ever and is a brilliant short story. One can understand why Conan Doyle wanted his hero to go out with a bang and this story certainly delivers that, notwithstanding his being forced by public pressure and the cancellation of 20,000 Strand magazine subscriptions to bring him back a decade later. Moriarty is the very antithesis of Holmes (though he only appeared in two of the 60 stories) and it was fitting that he appear in what should have been the last story; the actual very final published Holmes story, the Adventure of Shoscombe Place, is on the other hand eminently forgettable. Great stuff.

[aulsmith · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Probably the quintessential Sherlock Holmes

[bookworm12_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I thought I knew the basic premise of this story when I started it, but it turns out I knew the whole thing. This incredibly slim volume is considered the final of only four novels in the Sherlock Holmes series. There are many additional short stories. Written from Watson’s point-of-view we see an increasingly paranoid Sherlock taking extreme measures to escape his arch-nemesis Dr. Moriarty. The pair, one an unconventional, brilliant detective, the other a criminal mastermind are perfectly matched. Sherlock has finally found his intellectual equal; unfortunately they are pitted against one another. You can’t help but hear the admiration in Sherlock’s voice as he describes the villains’ evil empire. Here’s a bit about Moriarty in Sherlock’s own words…“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order. He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. He does little himself. He only plans.”BOTTOM LINE: A worthy conclusion to Sherlock’s story, I only wish it had been longer! I would still recommend The Sign of Four as the best place to start if you’re new to Sherlock.