10 books for fans of The Valley of Fear
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Sherlock
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
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Handpicked by the BBC Sherlock creators, these nineteen tales trace Holmes from his debut in A Study in Scarlet to late classics like The Dying Detective, offering the essential canon that shaped television's most famous consulting detective.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (457 ratings) - 2
Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Book 4)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Book 1
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Holmes faces his most memorable adversary in Irene Adler, the only person to ever best the consulting detective. Conan Doyle crafts a perfect introduction to a character who haunts Holmes throughout the canon.
★ 3.83 Goodreads (12.7K ratings) - 3
The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Book 6
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Raleigh
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A visit to London's underworld opium dens becomes a baffling case when Holmes investigates murder while Watson searches for a friend's missing husband.
★ 3.81 Goodreads (7.3K ratings) - 4
The Knocker on Death's Door
The Felse Investigations • Book 10
by Ellis Peters
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Ancient door knocker carries a deadly curse from abbey to church, leaving two bodies in its wake. Peters weaves folklore and forensics in this atmospheric mystery about legends that refuse to die.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (857 ratings) - 5
Rainbow's End
The Felse Investigations • Book 13
by Ellis Peters
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Wealthy newcomer Arthur Rainbow's aggressive campaign to modernize the sleepy village of Middlehope creates so much resentment that murder becomes the community's final solution.
★ 4.01 Goodreads (645 ratings) - 6
The House of Green Turf
The Felse Investigations • Book 8
by Ellis Peters
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After a car accident, opera singer Maggie Tressider becomes haunted by the inexplicable conviction that she's killed someone, driving her to uncover repressed memories and dark secrets.
★ 3.98 Goodreads (613 ratings) - 7
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart
The Felse Investigations • Book 6
by Ellis Peters
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A weekend folk music course at a remote English mansion becomes the perfect cover for settling old scores when one singer's haunting performance contains a message meant for murder.
★ 3.90 Goodreads (927 ratings) - 8
A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs
The Felse Investigations • Book 4
by Ellis Peters
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Opening Jan Treverra's centuries-old tomb should reveal devoted husband and wife together, but scholars find a mystery that shatters their romantic legend.
★ 3.88 Goodreads (952 ratings) - 9
The Piper on the Mountain
The Felse Investigations • Book 5
by Ellis Peters
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What seemed like accidental death on a Czechoslovakian mountain becomes murder when Tossa receives a cryptic note about her stepfather Herbert. Peters transforms a European holiday into a deadly investigation among foreign landscapes and suspicious locals.
★ 3.88 Goodreads (704 ratings) - 10
Death and the Joyful Woman
The Felse Investigations • Book 2
by Ellis Peters
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Peters creates devastating personal stakes when Inspector Felse arrests teenager Kitty Norris for murder. His son Dominic's infatuation with the accused transforms investigation into dangerous family opposition.
★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.0K ratings)