description: Only Holmes and Watson can get to the bottom of this baffling murder mystery. John Douglas is found in his study blasted faceless with a sawn-off shotgun. There is no obvious motive or suspect. Douglas and his wife, Ivy, a rich and locally popular couple, have lived for years in the ancient, moated Birlstone Manor House. Despite Douglas' nightly ritual of raising the drawbridge, a perpetrator had concealed himself, shot Douglas, and made a clean getaway.
language: English
title: The Valley of Fear
titlecomplete: The Valley of Fear
characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 45610
places: Vermissa Valley, Pennsylvania, Birlstone, Sussex, England, London, England
series: Sherlock Holmes
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Nonfiction
publisher: Tantor Media