#Review of The Valley of Fear

#Readers of #mystery and #crime stories should enjoy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novella featuring Sherlock Holmes and his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson. They are tasked with investigating a murder at Birlstone Manor House, but not all is as it seems. Nevertheless, Holmes wraps the case up quickly, and Doyle offers a lengthy, yet suspenseful backstory in the second part of his novella. This part tells the history of what led up to the crime at hand, and surprisingly it works as narrative. It als...