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b'Tonight, we\\u2019ll read the opening to \\u201cThe Final Problem\\u201d, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The second half will air next week. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as \\u201cThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes\\u201d. As with all of our Sherlock series, this story contains some darker elements and themes that may not be appropriate for all listeners.\\nThe story, set in 1891, introduces the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. It was intended to be the final Holmes story. Conan Doyle felt the stories were distracting him from more serious literary efforts and that this was the only way of getting his career back on track.\\n"I must save my mind for better things," he wrote to his mother, "even if it means I must bury my pocketbook with him."\\nConan Doyle later ranked "The Final Problem" fourth on his personal list of the twelve best Holmes stories.\\n\\u2014 read by N \\u2014\\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'