Why does Sherlock Holmes declare that the person he is to meet is the worst man in London? ¶ Included in the anthology of short stories, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, this story contains the first meeting of Holmes and Watson, and chronicles their first adventure together. ¶ While also a notable author of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and poetry, Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation was that of Sherlock Holmes. His consulting detective is absolutely embedded in Western culture, and we are all better for it.