"The Adventure of the Final Problem" is the last of the short stories of Sherlock Holmes from the The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1893. Conan Doyle later ranked "The Final Problem" fourth on his personal list of the twelve best Holmes stories. When Conan Doyle wrote it, he originally intended it to be the last Sherlock Holmes story, as he himself wished to move on to other literary pursuits.