A review by darwin8u
The Valley of Fear by Bert Coules, Arthur Conan Doyle

4.0

ACD's last novel (novella?) isn't as masterful as [b:The Hound of the Baskervilles|8921|The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5)|Arthur Conan Doyle|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1355929358s/8921.jpg|3311984] but it's still classic Doyle. It reminded me a lot of [b:The Sign of Four|608474|The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)|Arthur Conan Doyle|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1299346921s/608474.jpg|21539872], exept the Mormons are now replaced with the Scowrers. I'm probably repeating myself from earlier reviews of ACD's novels, but Doyle is a born writer of short fiction and his novels just don't carry the same force, and seem like watered-down/diluted versions of his better stories. That being said, I love Sherlock Holmes.