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    <body><![CDATA[Not enough Holmes!<br/>Finally found a copy of this to read and, unfortunately, it is too much like The Scarlet Thread. NO ONE wants to read a book about some whackjob American with a secret mysterious past! We already did that once! We want to hear about HOLMES, by God! That's why we are reading t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17261237">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Valley of Fear&quot; is very similar in structure to &quot;A Study in Scarlet&quot;: divided into two parts, one narrated by Watson, set in England and dominated by Holmes' deductive brilliancy, and a second part told by a third-person narrator, set in the USA and stylistically changing to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77414064">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[According to some critics, this is Doyle's best story.  Well, some critics are dolts.  I don't know if people assume that a writer's last novel is always his/her best, or if the jump in narrative is seen as kooky or inventive.  I'm not saying the book is bad--it's not.  It's just not as good as othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44635574">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty? The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry, the controlling brain of the underworld, a brain which might have made or marred the destiny of nations -- That's genius, Watson. But if I am spared by lesser men, our day will surely come.&quot; Sherlock Holmes is the one true pastmaster of the modern mystery; if you haven't read Doyle's tales of Sherlock Holmes, it's time to correct that error now.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes and the &quot;Freeman,&quot;... but not really.  I picked this up at the library in the free books section.  Seems to be a lesser work in the Holmes canon; I haven't read any of the other books.<br/><br/>The Freeman are a substitute for the Freemasons.  I'll have to continue this l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55422143">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[YEARS AGO, A P.I. OUT OF CHICAGO    <p>BROUGHT JUSTICE TO A DIRTY TOWN.    <p>NOW HE'S GOING TO PAY.    <p>A sawed-off shotgun blast to the face leaves one man dead--and reveals a secret that has pursued another across an ocean and set the world's most ruthless criminal on his trail.  The man needs the help of a great detective...but could even Sherlock Holmes save him now?</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, although the cover &amp; blurbs would make you think it's anything but.  Great story, of course.  Actually, it's two stories; Sherlock solving a mystery in England, then a flashback written by the mystery man that Holmes was investigating, follo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79342944">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[YEARS AGO, A P.I. OUT OF CHICAGO    <p>BROUGHT JUSTICE TO A DIRTY TOWN.    <p>NOW HE'S GOING TO PAY.    <p>A sawed-off shotgun blast to the face leaves one man dead--and reveals a secret that has pursued another across an ocean and set the world's most ruthless criminal on his trail.  The man needs the help of a great detective...but could even Sherlock Holmes save him now?</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>This is the fourth and final novel featuring Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson.  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote lots of short stories, but only four novels featuring &quot;the most famous man who never lived&quot;.<br/><br/>This one takes placed in the English countryside, but also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80662506">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I'll be shot by Holmes enthusiasts for saying this, I really don't find Moriarty to be an interesting arch-enemy. It may be the choppy way in which most Holmes anthologies are produced. If the anthologies would list stories according to the chronology of the story timeline, as opposed to th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38685549">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Like <em>A Study In Scarlet</em>, <em>The Valley of Fear</em> is split into two parts - the first where Holmes, Watson, et al are investigating and solving the case, and the second where the familiar characters disappear and the reader is given an elaborate backstory describing how the mystery came to be.  <br/>This...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30707920">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;The Sherlock Holmes&quot; 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 his faithful Dr. Watson are summoned to a country house by a coded message. They arrive too late to save a life and then pursue the trail which leads to the unmasking of the murderer.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a complete set of Sherlock Holmes books and I haven't read half of them.  This one is a short novel, and only nominally a Holmes story at all.  Enjoyable enough as entertainment.  I think part of the subtext of this one is: &quot;Watch out England! The Americans will get you!&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As a first time reader of Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, I was pleasantly surprised to find this book incredibly enjoyable. Not that it would be horrible, but it tugged me in pretty quickly and the dry wit, quick twists in plot and flashbacks kept me on my toes while reading. I'd definitely check out so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73852641">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes was not the only writing Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) did but Holmes and Dr. Watson are his most remembered characters. <p>Holmes titled himself a &quot;Consulting Detective&quot;. His powers of observation, his understanding of crime, and his insights into the criminal mind were brilliant. His knowledge of things not related to crime were extemely limited, except in opera and the violin. <p>Like many other authors famous for a single character, Arthur Conan Doyle attempted to &quot;kill&quot; Holmes. But the readers would not let this happen. Holmes eventually appeared in 56 short stories and 4 novels.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is definitely not my favorite Holmes novel, particularly since the second half is just a relating of the story's background, and has no involvement from the detective whatsoever.  The first section could have been shortened into a short story and been more effective.  I also find the mentioning...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63561315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A coded warning of imminent danger sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to the fortress-like country house of the reclusive Jack Douglas.  When they arrive too late to prevent a tragic death, the great detective and his chronicler must follow a series of bewildering clues and find a murderer who has vanished into thin air.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great job by the BBC.  I have never read any of Arthur Conan Doyle's books.  This made me want to. So many current novelists and movies employ the same style as Doyle in this book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a pleasure to spend cozy time with Holmes and Watson but less satisfying were the exploits of Pinkerton's finest--the background story to the first half of the novel.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful mystery.  Who doesn't love Sherlock Holmes?  Odd that half the book did not include him, however.  Didn't like that as much.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>As a non-english reader I'm finding the writing a bit &quot;heavy&quot; (my own fault, as I'm reading the original version), but still enjoyable.</p>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a very good book Probably one of the best of doyle work and refelects the early american culture and life very well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Can never go wrong with Sherlock Holmes. Still relevant and fascinating read this many years later.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[YEARS AGO, A P.I. OUT OF CHICAGO    <p>BROUGHT JUSTICE TO A DIRTY TOWN.    <p>NOW HE'S GOING TO PAY.    <p>A sawed-off shotgun blast to the face leaves one man dead--and reveals a secret that has pursued another across an ocean and set the world's most ruthless criminal on his trail.  The man needs the help of a great detective...but could even Sherlock Holmes save him now?</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[How strange for Hard Case Crime to release a Sherlock Holmes book (and the final one, at that).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A Good read - unfortunately no Paget for Illustrations, but worth it.]]></body>
    
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