This book contains two stories which tie up nicely towards the end. The first is a classic Holmes crime and mystery which is resolved, as expected by the smug Sherlock, to the astonishment and adulation of Watson and all of the other characters involved. Most avid readers of the Sherlock Holmes sto...
I started reading the Sherlock homes books on my Kindle for iPad and iPhone while traveling and I have to admit that I could not stop. There are quite a few discrepancies between the books, but I don't think that distracts from the fact that they are so much fun to read. They might generally all be ...
Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder in Part I of The Valley of Fear and in Part II exits stage left to allow the American set story of Jack McMurdo and the murderous society of the Scowrers in the Valley of Fear to take centre stage and bring everything full circle. And it all ends in an rather un...
bookshelves: autumn-2014, a-questing-we-shall-go, adventure, arch, chase-me-chase-me, cults-societies-brotherhoods, look-behind-you, mystery-thriller, published-1915 Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from November 08 to 22, 2014 BABThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nrqsrDescription: ...
Judging from Goodreads reviews, The Valley of Fear takes a lot of flak. It's criticized for having the same style of flashback as A Study in Scarlet and for ignoring Sherlock Holmes for half the story.However, I thought the American flashback scenes were excellent. They reminded me a lot of Dashiell...
Holmes and Watson investigate a murder in a country mansion, a man shot in the face with a sawn off shotgun. Things quickly prove not to be as they seem. But what does the murder have to do with the Valley of Fear...First off, I'm not the biggest Sherlock Holmes fan and was at a loss when Valley o...
The prose is elegant and witty, the plot has holes you could drive a herd of unionizers through, and the characterization is terrific. Its a classic for a reason. I "read" the audio version with Derek Jacobi as the reader, but have not yet been able to find that edition to use for my review. Ther...
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