The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Valley of Fear

This collection includes two novels by Conan Doyle about the adventures of the immortal duo from Baker Street, 221B – the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and assistant Dr. Watson. «The Hound of the Baskervilles» is probably the... most famous of the works about Sherlock Holmes. For the second century now, new generations of readers have been following the investigation of a brutal crime, intricately disguised as a mysterious legend about a demonic dog that haunts the ancient aristocratic family of the Baskervilles for the terrible deeds of one of its members… «The Valley of Fear» is a novel that has been published quite rarely in our country. However, it has a special uniqueness, as it is perhaps the only work about Sherlock Holmes based on real events. So, in his estate, a certain Mr. Douglas is murdered – or so the police believe. Holmes, however, is convinced that the victim is not Mr. Douglas, but a man who was going to deal with him. But why? And where did the owner of the house disappear to, and why?..