Cover of The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)
Victorian Mysteries

The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)

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  • 2001 first published
  • 406 pages
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The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear) is a 2001 Victorian mystery novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is set in London and Maynooth, in 1894. It features Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson and Ronald Adair. Readers will find themes of air guns, Anonymity, attempted murder and Baritsu.

At about 406 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Air guns
  • Anonymity
  • Attempted murder
  • Baritsu
  • Coal tar
  • Deformities
  • Locked-room mysteries
  • Soft-point bullets
  • Wax sculptures
  • Whist
  • Americans
  • Crime bosses
  • Frequency analysis
  • Hanging
  • Murder-suicide
  • Penal labour

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Who wrote The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)?

The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear) was written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 2001.

What genre is The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Mysteries.

How long is The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)?

The median edition has 406 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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