The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle
eBook
(, March 1, 2015)
The Valley of Fear is the fourth and last Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the real-life exploits of the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915.Holmes decodes a cipher warning from Moriarty's organization for "Douglas" in "Birlstone", but a corpse is there already. When Mr. Douglas kills his American assassin, he dresses the body as himself, and hides, to throw off the chase for good. Holmes guesses the missing dumb-bell weighted down the killer's clothes in the moat. This edition has been formatted for your Kindle, with an active table of contents. The work has also been annotated, with additional information about the book and its author, including an overview, synopsis, plot, involvement of professor moriarty, adaptations, biographical and bibliographical information.