The Valley of Fear

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Title The Valley of Fear

Image:Valley of fear.jpg Dust-jacket illustration for The Valley of Fear
Author	Arthur Conan Doyle
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Sherlock Holmes
Genre(s)	Detective novel
Publisher	George H. Doran Company
Released	1915
Media type	Print (Hardback)
ISBN	NA
Preceded by	His Last Bow
Followed by	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was published in New York on February 27, 1915.

The Valley of Fear is also notable for the involvement of Professor Moriarty, which contradicts the timeline of the story. In The Final Problem, Dr. Watson was first alerted by Sherlock Holmes to the existence of Professor Moriarty. In the same story, Professor Moriarty dies in the confrontation with Sherlock Holmes, as explained in The Adventure of the Empty House, leaving no time in between the two events for any other story regarding the Professor. However, in The Valley of Fear, Professor Moriarty has been mentioned by Sherlock, and Dr. Watson had appeared to know both about the Professor's evil acts, and how little he is known. Few film and television adaptations have included these allusions to Professor Moriarty, as the story is otherwise a stand-alone tale. Among the few (if only) adaptations available on video is the 1984 animated "Sherlock Holmes and The Valley of Fear", starring Peter O'Toole as the voice of Holmes.

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