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The Valley of Fear
British LiteratureCrime, Thrillers and MysteryNovelsDetective FictionDetective and mystery storiesHolmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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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. 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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