The Return of Sherlock Holmes

When excessive Sherlock Holmes fame began to bother Conan Doyle, he decided to "kill" his hero. However, the emergence of the story in which Holmes killed in a skirmish with the leader of the London underworld Professor Moriarty, caused general outrage readers and even threats against the author.

We also know that in a letter from the Buckingham Palace allegedly wrote that fall into the abyss - just a clever idea detective. That the author had to resurrect his character.