Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear

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Summary: Sherlock Holmes with an American story line
Review: This is one of the longest Sherlock Holmes stories (along with Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of Four and A Study in Scarlet). The story begins in the English countryside with the apparent murder or suicide of an American at his estate. The reader is then taken to America in flashback, where the story leads up to the events in England. Indeed, Holmes and Watson are not the central characters for a large segment of this book, which is unusual in the series.
The story concludes back in England with yet more plot twists, including the unseen hand of the evil, and longtime Holmes nemisis, Professor Moriarity.