恐怖谷

by Arthur Conan Doyle, 阿瑟·柯南·道尔

《恐怖谷》为长篇小说，是系列第七部。叙述的是伯尔斯通庄园主人道格拉斯不幸惨遭杀害，尸体旁边留有卡片，上面潦草地写着用数字和字母组成的字样。道格拉斯临终前和妻子提起一个叫“恐怖谷”的地方，说自己身陷“恐怖谷”，无法逃避这场灾难。福尔摩斯解开了密码，却也卷入一场杀人案中，几经波折，福尔摩斯最终抓获了隐藏在黑暗中掌握众人命运的黑手。小说中所写的平克顿侦探卧底的斗争方法，后来很多惊险作品都有借鉴模仿，即所谓“打入敌人心脏”的战法。

207 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.