Includes bibliographical references (p. xliv-xlix)
The valley of fear
Published:
1994
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Oxford [England]
A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold...
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A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquired over an American mining valley. At the end of the investigation, which Holmes declares is making him lose his wits, it is Professor Moriarty who has the final laugh. - ;A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Mor Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Preface to the Series; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle; THE VALLEY OF FEAR; PART 1: The Tragedy of Birlstone; 1 The Warning; 2 Mr Sherlock Holmes Discourses; 3 The Tragedy of Birlstone; 4 Darkness; 5 The People of the Drama; 6 A Dawning Light; 7 The Solution; PART 2: The Scowrers; 1 The Man; 2 The Bodymaster; 3 Lodge 341, Vermissa; 4 The Valley of Fear; 5 The Darkest Hour; 6 Danger; 7 The Trapping of Birdy Edwards; Epilogue; Explanatory Notes.
