Characters in His Last Bow

Sherlock Holmes

The consulting detective who solves every case in the collection, from a feigned illness to wartime espionage.

Also in A Study in Scarlet, Studie in Scharlachrot, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Novels (Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)

Von Bork

The German master spy whom Holmes pursues in the title story.

Frances Carfax

The missing lady whose disappearance Holmes investigates.

Dr. John H. Watson

Holmes's friend and chronicler, who narrates most of the stories and writes the preface.

Also in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Novels (Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet), Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]), The Annotated Sherlock Holmes

Inspector Baynes

The Surrey Constabulary inspector who works the Wisteria Lodge case alongside Holmes.

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock's elder brother, who brings the Bruce-Partington Plans case to Baker Street.

Also in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Annotated Sherlock Holmes