Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

Book name: Sherlock Holmes and The Valley of Fear Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Publisher: Doma Publishing and Distribution Category: Novel Number of pages: 249 About the book: It is the fourth and final novel in the Sherlock Holmes series, published in 1914 in the British magazine "Strand" initially, then printed as a novel by George Doran Company in New York on February 27, 1915. The novel begins with Holmes receiving a message sent by the undercover agent to Moriarty, Holmes's enemies. The agent, "Fried Burloch," conveys all the news to Moriarty in coded messages. Watson helps Holmes decode the messages. They discover that the life of "John Douglas," an American nobleman, is in danger, but Holmes will not be able to save him; he will indeed be killed, and the police find his body murdered brutally in his office. Holmes then begins a journey to solve the mystery of the nobleman's murder.