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AUTHOR Doyle, Arthur Conan
TITLE: The Valley of Fear
DATE READ 02/20/2018
RATING 4.5/B+
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/1914/320 pgs
FIRST LINES: "I am inclined to think……………." said I. "I should do so," Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
CHARACTERS Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
TIME/PLACE: early 1900's/London & US
COMMENTS Read for group read, Told in 2 parts -- the present in London and then connection to a previous time/crimes in the US. Holmes receives a coded missive by a gen ...more
TITLE: The Valley of Fear
DATE READ 02/20/2018
RATING 4.5/B+
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/1914/320 pgs
FIRST LINES: "I am inclined to think……………." said I. "I should do so," Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
CHARACTERS Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
TIME/PLACE: early 1900's/London & US
COMMENTS Read for group read, Told in 2 parts -- the present in London and then connection to a previous time/crimes in the US. Holmes receives a coded missive by a gen ...more
I really liked this novella (it's about 95 pages in length), maybe second to the Hound of the Baskervilles. It had some really interesting twists and turns that I wasn't expecting.
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Another well-written, highly enjoyable Holmes story.
