The Valley of Fear
"The Valley of Fear" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a novel first published in 1915. In this fourth Sherlock Holmes mystery, the detective receives a coded warning about a plot against a country gentleman named Douglas. When Holmes arrives to investigate, he discovers Douglas has been murdered at his moated manor house. The case leads to dark secrets involving American coal miners, a corrupt trade union, and the dangerous Professor Moriarty. Holmes must unravel a mystery that spans two continents and threatens more lives.
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A Study in Scarlet
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The case-book of Sherlock Holmes
The Sign of the Four
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Tales of Terror and Mystery
His last bow
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Lost World
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The White Company
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