The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The backstory is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The sto
First edition (US)
Holmes studies the window sill as MacDonald, White Mason, and Watson observe (Strand, 1914)
Barker informs Holmes about Douglas's fate (Strand, 1915)
Dr. John H. Watson is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet. "The Advent
Dr. Watson (left) and Sherlock Holmes, by Sidney Paget
Watson reading bad news to Holmes in "The Five Orange Pips". One of Sidney Paget's iconic illustrations from The Strand magazine.
Watson and Holmes in a Sidney Paget illustration for "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"
Holmes (William Gillette, right) with Dr Watson (Bruce McRae, left), in the 1899 Broadway production of Sherlock Holmes