The first Sherlock Holmes short story. For Sherlock Holmes, there was only one woman, and that woman went by the name of Irene Adler, whose memory is undoubtedly both clear and open to debate. Sherlock Holmes will have to draw upon all his extraordinary investigative skills to avert an international scandal, but in this adventure, the infallible detective from Baker Street will encounter, for the first and last time, his most tender and ferocious enemy—one of whom he will retain the most tender and heart-wrenching memory.