The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Valley of Fear |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valley_of_Fear |
| Credits | Produced by David Brannan and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Private investigators -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3289 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2002 |
| Most Recently Updated | Aug 10, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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