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The Valley of Fear (Paperback)
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The Valley of Fear (Paperback)
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Loot Price R192
Discovery Miles 1 920
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"Holmes has taken on a life of his own in the hearts and minds of a
modern world" -The Times "Start a story by Conan Doyle and you
cannot stop reading, whether you are ten or sixty."-Michael Dirda
"The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan
Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English
letters."-Stephen Fry Arthur Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear
(1915) is the fourth and final installment of the Sherlock Holmes
crime novels. This work of riveting suspense and intrigue is
loosely based on the infamous 18th Century Irish secret society,
The Molly Maguires. First published in serial form in The Strand
Magazine in 1914 and 1915, this novel brings Sherlock Holmes
face-to-face with the evil Professor Moriarty, one of the most
nefarious characters of crime fiction. The Valley of Fear, much
like the first Sherlock Holmes novel (A Study in Scarlet) is told
in two parts; the first is the bewildering mystery of a murder at a
remote English estate, and the second section is told by the man
initially thought to be the murder victim, set in the Midwest of
the United States. When Sherlock Holmes receives a cipher message
at Baker Street, he quickly deciphers its message- that John
Douglas, the resident of a remote estate in Sussex is in danger.
Soon after decoding the letter Holmes is visited by a policeman and
friend who informs him that Douglas has been murdered at Birlstone,
the estate. When Holmes and Watson arrive at the scene they are met
with a bewildering array of clues, including a disfigured body,
bloody footprints, and a missing dumb-bell. When the house servants
are interrogated it becomes clear that there is a conspiracy that
extends to a secret society called The Freeman, in a Western coal
mining town in the United States. The second part of the book moves
to the story of the mafia-like gang in the wild west, and
ultimately to Holmes's nemesis, the infamous Professor Moriarty.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of The Valley of Fear is both modern and
readable.
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