TY - BOOK AU - Doyle, Arthur Conan AU - Edwards, Owen Dudley, ed. TI - The valley of fear T2 - The World's Classics SN - 0192823825 U1 - 823.8 PY - 1994/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - English literature-Fiction KW - Holmes, Sherlock KW - England KW - Private investigators KW - Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) KW - Criminal investigation KW - Moriarty, Professor (Fictitious character) KW - Detective and mystery stories, English KW - Detective and mystery stories N2 - A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquired over an American mining valley. At the end of the investigation, which Holmes declares is making him lose his wits, it is Professor Moriarty who has the final laugh ER -