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The Valley of Fear

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1915 · Mystery & Detective, Crime & Thriller

A coded warning from Moriarty's shadow reaches Sherlock Holmes just as violence strikes a moated Sussex manor. To solve the Birlstone mystery, Holmes must follow a trail that crosses the Atlantic and reaches back into a Pennsylvania mining valley ruled by fear, secrecy and a brutal lodge.

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Title
The Valley of Fear
Author
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
First published
1915
Illustrated plates
56 original artworks · 26 open to everyone
Chapters
15 · about 57,828 words
Reading time
3 h 51 min
Language
EN
Formats
Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
Publisher
LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
On LitLab since
August 2026
Rights
Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
Source text
Project Gutenberg #3289

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