The Valley of Fear

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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"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.

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Topics: Detective and mystery stories · Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction · Private investigators -- England -- Fiction