The fourth game in the Sherlock Holmes series, it was released in October 2007 and is distributed by Focus Home Interactive.

[2] In July 1895, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a letter from the legendary French gentleman thief Arsène Lupin.

Lupin threatens to steal five of England's most prized treasures in hopes to humble the "vanity" of the English, and leaves a riddle containing information on what his first crime will be.

Holmes and Watson determine that the theft will take place at the National Gallery, and upon arriving there deduce that the object will be The Fighting Temeraire, which is symbolic of Britain's victory over France and Spain in the Battle of Trafalgar.

They arrived too late, as the ravens are reported missing and replaced with other individual birds and a bat which have been let loose.

Watson joins the Prime Minister, Lestrade and much of Scotland Yard to wait for Lupin there but Holmes goes to the Tower of London.

[2] It is the first in the series to feature a cat-and-mouse style plot, a structure which would be retained for Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper.

This version adds the option of a third-person perspective, as well as walking animations for the sections of the game in which Holmes and Watson are together.

[3] The first four Sherlock Holmes titles from Frogwares—Mummy, Silver Earring, The Awakened and Nemesis—totaled roughly 1.5 million global sales by February 2009.

[13][14] "Creepy" Watson became a viral meme after YouTuber tdous uploaded a video of himself playing the game's demo.