《最后的致意》为短篇小说集，是系列第八部。书中所记录的大部分故事，是从福尔摩斯的老搭档华生医生的笔记簿中收录而来，这些故事发表时福尔摩斯正隐居在英格兰乡间，过着安闲自适的生活，并且想完全从侦探生涯中退休下来，但因为日耳曼战争的爆发，福尔摩斯重出江湖，为大英帝国贡献一己心力，演绎一段段不凡的经历。(His Last Bow is short story collection and is the eight book of the series. Most of the stories recorded in the book are recorded extracted from notebook of his good partner, Hua Sheng. When these stories are published, Holmes lives seclusion in countryside of England and lives peaceful and carefree life and wants to completely retire from detective career. However, because of the outburst of Germanic War, Holmes comes out again to continue detective career, makes commitment for British Empire and performs extraordinary experience.)