The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle, David Timson
Readers rate it 3.9 (203 on Hardcover)
Released May 22, 2007 · Naxos of America
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The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes mystery featuring crime, murder investigation, and industrial conflict. While the detective work and puzzle-solving are engaging, the story involves multiple deaths and violent confrontations typical of Victorian crime fiction. The moral reasoning of Holmes and Watson provides positive role modeling, though mature themes and dated social attitudes require a reader ready for classic mystery conventions.
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Even Sherlock Holmes, well-accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual; the scene of the crime, a moated English country house; the wapon, a very American sawed-off shotgun; the bereaved, strangely dry-eyed; and the solution, backward in time and deep in a VALLEY OF FEAR... Even Sherlock Holmes, well-accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual; the scene of the crime, a moated English country house; the wapon, a very American sawed-off shotgun; the bereaved, strangely dry-eyed; and the solution, backward in time and deep in a VALLEY OF FEAR...
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- Not Diverse Characters
- Plot driven
- England
- Weak Character Development
- medium-paced
- adventurous
- to-read
- mysterious
- Mystery
- Classics
- Fiction
- detective
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ISBN 9789626344248 · Naxos of America