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Sherlock Holmes: Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes: Valley of Fear
Oct 11, 2024 10:30 PM

Author:Arthur Conan Doyle,Ian McKellen

Sherlock Holmes: Valley of Fear

**Ian McKellen was the WINNER of the BBC Audio Drama Award 2015 for Best Actor in an Audio Drama (for Eugenie Grandet)**

Sir Ian McKellen reads The Valley of Fear, the last of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four Sherlock Holmes novels. The mystery begins with a coded warning of imminent danger, drawing the illustrious Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr. Watson to a secluded English country home. A trail of bewildering clues leads to sleuthing in the finest Holmesian tradition and the gripping backstory of a cult that terrorized a valley in the American West. First broadcast as Book at Bedtime on BBC Radio 4.

Reviews

An addictive novel with shades of Gone Girl

—— Sunday Times

Disclaimer plunges us into our worst nightmare -- somebody knows our darkest secret, and they're sharing it . . .

—— Val McDermid

Renee Knight's DISCLAIMER is something special . . . an outstandingly clever and twisty tale that's been perfectly engineered to make heads spin

—— New York Times

Sensationally good psychological suspense … exactly what a great thriller should be

—— LEE CHILD

An enthralling thriller

—— Heat

Will this actually be the next Gone Girl? Well . . . it doesn't disappoint . . . The narrative is elegantly written . . . a maelstrom of appalling revelations and twists, certainly very clever and entertaining

—— Daily Mail

Poised to establish herself as a big name

—— Telegraph

A really clever twist . . . superior fodder for your summer hols

—— Evening Standard

Prepare to cancel all other commitments

—— Stylist

Superb debut . . . Knight paces the novel beautifully

—— The Times

You may as well just surrender now and read it and enjoy it because it's not going to go away - and deservedly so

—— BBC Radio 2 Arts Show

If it's a creepy read you're after, look no further

—— Good Housekeeping, Thriller of the Month

DISCLAIMER stealthily steals your attention and by the end holds you prisoner - a searing story that resonates long after the final page. The best thriller I’ve read this year

—— ROSAMUND LUPTON, bestselling author of Sister

An intelligent and twisty thriller

—— Elle

A terrific novel with a brilliantly creepy central premise. One of the best debut thrillers I have ever read

—— PAULA DALY

Assured debut novel . . . strong and compelling portrait of two individuals who are forced to confront unpalatable, even unbearable, truths.

—— Guardian

Fabulously gripping, I just could not put it down.

—— MARIAN KEYES

Tense and shocking, and full of twists and turns

—— Booktime

A genuinely original debut novel, nail-bitingly tense and chilling

—— Irish Independent

Renee Knight skilfully peels away the layers of her story to reveal a tale that is dark, deep and skin crawlingly sinister. I thought it was faultless, a masterclass in thriller writing.

—— Colette McBeth

I read Disclaimer in two sittings . . . It's that good. . . The premise is the star of the show but Knight's success lies in keeping her plot, characterisation and unpredictability up to that same standard.

—— Daily Express

A fine example of the genre . . . unbearably tense

—— Sunday Express

An unsettling page-turner of The Girl on the Train variety that wil live on in readers' imaginations

—— Grazia

A faultlessly constructed, page-turning debut, Disclaimer delivers its twists and surprises with ease. It is both clever and moving, and I'm full of admiration.

—— JOANNA BRISCOE

It's Disclaimer that turns out to be the Gone Girl of the season

—— New York Times

An ingenious and involving tale and a very successful first novel

—— Literary Review

Fiendishly clever

—— Daily Mail

Renee Knight's stunning debut is a thriller with a particularly literary flavour, but also with a heart. Best enjoyed slowly, with no skipping to the heart-wrenchign conclusion. Terrific.

—— Saga Magazine

A deeply probing, intense psychological thriller that was gripping and very difficult to put down

—— Huffington Post

Disclaimer forms a trinity alongside Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train as the best of domestic noir . . . Disclaimer will be climbing the bestseller list

—— New York Daily News

An original plot, well-paced to its unexpected climax

—— The Times

A highly assured debut novel with a cracking premise . . . a remarkable well written page turner

—— Euro Crime

A superior piece of dark emotional fiction that will get under your skin.

—— Sainsburys magazine

Plunges us into our worst nightmare - somebody knows our darkest secret, and they're sharing it

—— Val McDermid

A finely crafted puzzle box

—— Spectator

A brilliant premise, superbly executed. I love this book

—— CLARE MACKINTOSH, author of I LET YOU GO

fantastic - was absolutely gripped. Great idea, could not put it down.

—— Tweet from Lucy Diamond

Disclaimer is a real one-nighter

—— Tweet from Polly Samson

It's knockout

—— Tweet from Claudia Winkleman

The marvel of the new suspense novel “Disclaimer” is that it lives up to its unusually gripping premise.
Disclaimer forms a trinity alongside “Gone Girl” and the “The Girl on the Train” as the best of domestic noir. That this is a first novel from Renee Knight, a British television screenwriter, makes her sure hand with what’s sinister that much more stunning.

—— New York Daily News

A sensational psychological thriller

—— Jackie Collins

excellent debut

—— KATE MOSSE, Guardian

This bestseller is definitely one of the best thrillers of 2015.

—— Marie Claire

More original and sophisticated than your average psychological thriller, Renée Knight's DISCLAIMER is an accomplished and addictive tale.

—— Sunday Times
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