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The Definitive Edition of THE VALLEY OF FEARTHE FINAL SHERLOCK HOLMES NOVEL-Featuring the original illustrations by Frank Wiles-Complete, unabridged, and formatted for Kindle to improve your reading experience-Linked table of contents to reach your chapter quickly“I would strongly recommend it to any of my friends who enjoy a good crime mystery. For any lovers of Sherlock Holmes stories who have not read The Valley of Fear, I would say that their reading is not complete if this one is missing from their list” Lance“I sped through this novel which in my opinion was a superb tale of mystery, fear & tyranny that stretched from an English country manor to the American coal fields.” David“I very much enjoyed this book and it felt like a treat as it was almost two books in one; the first being set in Birlstone Manor House with Sherlock and Dr Watson investigating the gruesome murder of Mr Douglas, and the second set in ‘The Valley of Fear’ in Vermissa Valley in America detailing the history of the crime and not featuring Sherlock at all. Totally brilliant and completely enjoyable. I think this may be one of my favourite Sherlock Holmes’ stories.” ClassicBookClub.com“This has many of the Sherlock Holmes staples: a cipher that Holmes decodes with ease, a gloomy isolated house in the middle of nowhere, befuddled lawmen, and a great revelation in the middle of the story. It is certainly a worthy read.” EOpinions.comTHE VALLEY OF FEAR is the final Sherlock Holmes mystery novel in a specially designed edition for kindle. This is one of Conan Doyle’s masterpieces which will intrigue and delight you. Read it as it’s meant to be read: complete, and unabridged with the original illustrations from its first publication.

Jack London (1876-1916) was born in squalor and rose to become one of the most recognized names in American literature. London's travel and adventure stories have made him a favorite not only among young American boys, but also among scholars and authors like George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway because of his ability to infuse his writing with his own unique philosophical beliefs. As an ardent Socialist, London's views were an often overwhelming mix of Nietzsche, Marx and Darwin's theories on evolution and society, in whom he was thoroughly well-read. His 1913 novel, "The Valley of the Moon", chronicles the journey of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon, who leave Oakland, CA in the midst of labor strife to search for suitable farmland farther north. They find what they're looking for in the Valley of the Moon, a Native American name for the Sonoma Valley, where Jack London lived on his ranch for the last part of his life.

In the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel, Holmes and Dr. Watson must untangle Moriaty’s complex scheme in order to find the villains responsible for the attempted murder of Mr. Douglas. With Douglas in hiding and the clues to solving the mystery firmly planted twenty years in the past, Holmes and Watson are faced with one of the most challenging cases of their career.The Valley of Fear is believed to have been inspired by the real-life case of the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. It has been adapted for film, television, and the stage.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

A coded warning from an associate of the devious Professor Moriarty directs Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard to a secluded manor house in Sussex. There the trio discover a gentleman shot dead at close range, surrounded by a mélange of mystifying clues — a peculiar tattoo-like mark, muddy footprints, and a missing wedding ring — that ultimately lead to the spellbinding backstory of a cult that terrorized an American mining town. The last of the four Sherlock Holmes novels, The Valley of Fear ranks among Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's best tales. Its plot draws upon the real-life activities of the secret society known as the Molly Maguires, offering a subtle comment on early-twentieth-century union struggles in the United States as well as the political situation in Ireland. Crisp, realistic characterizations and a suspenseful narrative make this novel essential reading for Sherlock Holmes fans as well as all lovers of mystery and detection.

This Top Five Classics edition THE VALLEY OF FEAR includes:• The original, unabridged text by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle• More than 30 illustrations by Frank Wiles from the original Strand serial• A helpful introduction, author bio, and bibliographyWhen Sherlock Holmes receives a coded warning from one of Moriarty’s lieutenants, he is drawn into a grisly murder in Sussex, which only he can solve. The killing has its origins in a 13-year-old conspiracy involving a secret society in America and the beginning of Holmes’s battle against the criminal organization of the evil Professor Moriarty. THE VALLEY OF FEAR, originally published in 1915, was the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.

"You hear me, Saxon? Come on along. What if it is the Bricklayers? I'll have gentlemen friends there, and so'll you. The Al Vista band'll be along, an' you know it plays heavenly. An' you just love dancin'—-" Twenty feet away, a stout, elderly woman interrupted the girl's persuasions. The elderly woman's back was turned, and the back--loose, bulging, and misshapen—began a convulsive heaving. "Gawd!" she cried out. "O Gawd!" She flung wild glances, like those of an entrapped animal, up and down the big whitewashed room that panted with heat and that was thickly humid with the steam that sizzled from the damp cloth under the irons of the many ironers. From the girls and women near her, all swinging irons steadily but at high pace, came quick glances, and labor efficiency suffered to the extent of a score of suspended or inadequate movements. The elderly woman's cry had caused a tremor of money-loss to pass among the piece-work ironers of fancy starch. She gripped herself and her iron with a visible effort, and dabbed futilely at the frail, frilled garment on the board under her hand. "I thought she'd got'em again—didn't you?" the girl said.

You hear me, Saxon? Come on along. What if it is the Bricklayers? I'll have gentlemen friends there, and so'll you. The Al Vista band'll be along, an' you know it plays heavenly. An' you just love dancin'—- Twenty feet away, a stout, elderly woman interrupted the girl's persuasions. The elderly woman's back was turned, and the back-loose, bulging, and misshapen—began a convulsive heaving. "Gawd!" she cried out. "O Gawd

The Sherlock Holmes series read in unabridged form by David Timson is widely regarded as one of the finest. Here, Timson brings his remarkable performance skills to one of Doyle's full-length novels. Holmes and faithful Dr. Watson are summoned to a country house by a coded message. They arrive too late to save a life, but pursue the trail to unmasking the murderer.

When a journey you never chose to take changes everything you thought you knew…Daniel, (DJ for short), is a bright, thoughtful and trusting young boy who is left to his own devices back in his cold home in the North, dreaming of something better – a place where he truly belongs. Unexpectedly shipped off to a foreign land to meet his long-lost explorer-uncle, who he never knew existed, DJ wakes to find himself completely alone in a hostile landscape, barely alive, and with no sign of this supposed uncle. However, unbeknownst to the boy, his arrival had been witnessed by a wild desert-inhabitant, perhaps DJ’s one and only hope of survival. Lost and alone in the expanse of this vast, remote and estranged desert, how will DJ survive? Will he ever find this mysterious uncle? And, in the loneliest place on Earth, will he ever find his true home? Perhaps this very desert can offer DJ the one thing he has never known in his barren life back in the cold North: to feel wanted.The debut novel from Cass Clark. Also available in 5 x 8 paperback (standard print-size), and 6 x 9 paperback (with large print) with alternative front cover.

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on 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, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. The novel starts when Sherlock Holmes receives a mysterious book ciphered message from an agent to Professor Moriarty using the pseudonym Fred Porlock. Holmes deduces the book used for encryption to be a monthly almanac; however, he initially uses the latest publication, which leads him to decipher Porlock's message as a statement that the “Maharata Government is pigs bristles” … This edition by Wisehouse Classics includes all of the stories with the original illustrations by Frank Wiles.