The Hound of Baskervilles & The valley of fear: 2 books in 1 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2 Sherlock Ho

The Hound of Baskervilles & The valley of fear: 2 books in 1 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2 Sherlock Holmes stories) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a chilling tale presenting Sherlock Holmes with one of his most challenging cases. The young Nir Henry Baskerville, the new master of the Baskerville estate, is haunted by a phantom beast 'with blazing eyes and dripping jaws which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor Is this fiendish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a scheming murderer? The Valley of Fear a dark, powerful tale which provides the great detective with a most perplexing ease, opens with a vile murder. Lying across his chest was a most curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawn off in front of the triggers.

It was clear that it had been fired at close range, and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces. Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy, the criminal genius Professor Moriarty, is back! But the solution to the riddle, found after many surprising twists and high dramas, lies far away, half across the world in a location known as "The Valley of Fear. This is Conan Doyle's last Holmes novel and in the opinion of many of his fans, it is the best! Illustrated

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