Doyle, Arthur Conan
"Kauhun laakso 1: Murhenäytelmä Birlstonen kartanossa" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a novel first published in 1914-1915. Sherlock Holmes receives a coded warning about danger to a country gentleman named Douglas, but arrives too late—Douglas has been murdered at Birlstone House. As Holmes investigates the puzzling crime scene, secrets emerge about Douglas's hidden past in America, where he infiltrated a murderous mining gang called the Scowrers. The case connects to Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty, in unexpected ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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