Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes, Book 2
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00O7WTWGK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 169 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A riveting, deeply atmospheric tale of murder and menace from the only writer to earn the seal of approval from Conan Doyle's estate, Moriarty breathes life into Holmes's dark and fascinating world.. Moriarty's death has left an immediate, poisonous vacuum in the criminal underworld, and there is no shortage of candidates to take his place - including one particularly fiendish criminal mastermind. The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from the best-selling author of The House of Silk, sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate, which explores what really happened when Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty tumbled to
"Don't expect the great detective" according to Cat. After reading House of Silk I was eager to get this novel. I didn't realize that neither Holmes nor Watson was in it, so I was pretty disappointed.There were parts of Moriarty that I liked. Horowitz's enumeration of the problems with the events in The Final Problem in the beginning of the book was brilliant, and I had high hopes for the rest. But the tone changed almost immediate. So near, yet so far A book with an interesting premise, lots of twists and turns, but as a great writer once said "the sting of the story lies in its tail"NB - I am not a professional writer, and certainly not as skilled as Mr Morowitz, and I understand fully well that its easier to comment and crticise than to do something, especially a fresh take on an established classic.That said, as a reader, I. Jon Tobey said The author started off writing a fairly good tale, although I would imagine the popularity of. The author started off writing a fairly good tale, although I would imagine the popularity of many of the Holmes retelling is that they deepen the characters and our understanding of their motivations somewhat more than the original narratives and this story was fairly two-dimensional. But the last "The author started off writing a fairly good tale, although I would imagine the popularity of" according to Jon Tobey. The author started off writing a fairly good tale, although I would imagine the popularity of many of the Holmes retelling is that they deepen the characters and our understanding of their motivations somewhat more than the original narratives and this story was fairly two-dimensional. But the last 20% or so of the book relegated to the denouement where the author gives up any pr. 0% or so of the book relegated to the denouement where the author gives up any pr