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Moriarty Audiobook Summary

The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from the bestselling 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 their doom at the Reichenbach Falls.

Internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s nail-biting new novel plunges us back into the dark and complex world of detective Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty–dubbed the Napoleon of crime” by Holmes–in the aftermath of their fateful struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.

Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. 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.

Chase and Scotland Yard Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes’s methods of investigation and deduction originally introduced by Conan Doyle in “The Sign of Four”, must forge a path through the darkest corners of England’s capital–from the elegant squares of Mayfair to the shadowy wharfs and alleyways of the London Docks–in pursuit of this sinister figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, who is determined to stake his claim as Moriarty’s successor.

A riveting, deeply atmospheric tale of murder and menace from one of the only writers to earn the seal of approval from Conan Doyle’s estate, Moriarty breathes life into Holmes’s dark and fascinating world.

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Moriarty Audiobook Narrator

Julian Rhind-Tutt is the narrator of Moriarty audiobook that was written by Anthony Horowitz

About the Author(s) of Moriarty

Anthony Horowitz is the author of Moriarty

Moriarty Full Details

Narrator Julian Rhind-Tutt
Length 9 hours 55 minutes
Author Anthony Horowitz
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date December 09, 2014
ISBN 9780062381590

Subjects

The publisher of the Moriarty is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British

Additional info

The publisher of the Moriarty is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062381590.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Sean Barrs

February 22, 2016

Sherlock Holmes is dead! What an excellent selling point for a book; it made me want to read it. I think half of me was disgusted and the other half, deeply intrigued. First point to note, I have been a little cryptic in my review because if I said too much, I would spoil the marvellous ending which, of course, makes this book into something quite superb. Sherlock Holmes and his archenemy, Moriarty, are both dead: they have fallen over a cliff after a struggle. Moriarty’s body is found with a coded note that casts suspicion on a rival crime lord. The protagonists of this novel are two detectives: Jones and Chase. Athelney Jones is a Sherlock Holmes imitation; Holmes and Jones even sound the same. He has spent his professional life looking up to the master of deduction and has spent months perfecting his techniques. The Watson to Horowitz’s Holmes, is Frederick Chase an American agent tracking a former suspect which leads him into the heart of British crime.A good crime novel needs to keep the reader guessing; it needs to keep them suspecting everyone and questioning their motives: scrutinising their characters. This has achieved it masterfully. Each new character that was introduced could have been a new link to the crime lord or a suspect. The plot was incredibly fast, even for a book of this genre. Two out of three chapters ended with a point that made me want to read more than I usually would. Towards the end, it somehow becomes even faster and more intense. The ending of this is one of the most shocking things I’ve read in a novel. Ok, so the clues are there in the book and they are very, very subtle. I do believe that very few people reading this, if any, will guess the ending. No doubt, some people in their reviews will say, “I knew from the start.” I disbelieve anybody who says this. I had suspicious, but they were unfounded. Towards the end of the book, I did have a feeling something was going to happen; that something more had to be revealed and I was glad when it did because, it changed the book from a standard crime story to something very clever. Indeed, the author has been incredibly deceptive!I would recommend this to any fans of Sherlock Holmes; once you’ve reached the ending you will understand why.

Anne

November 06, 2021

4.5 starsI loved this! I guessed pretty much from the get-go what was going to happen, but I still loved it.Even though I kind of knew the twist, it was still a fun surprise when it happened. And when I say "knew the twist", Horowitz still kept me second-guessing myself right up till the end.This takes place after the Reichenbach Falls incident where Sherlock Holmes kills Professor Moriarty and fakes his own death.The gist is that there is a villainous mastermind from America who rivals Moriarty in intelligence and leaves a trail of blood in his wake. Right before the Professor's death, he had come to England to potentially meet with him in an effort to (maybe) expand both of their illicit kingdoms. A Pinkerton agent from the States is hot on his trail and teams up with an inspector from Scotland Yard who has studied Holmes' methods of investigation. These two become like their own version of Sherlock and Watson while they attempt to ferret out the identity of this dangerous new criminal and bring him to justice.After The House of Silk, I assume that all of these new Holmes stories would be from Watson's lost case file or something. But no! This was an interesting way to tell another story from that world without using Watson as the narrator. And while it didn't exactly have the same Sherlock vibe that HoS had, it was an entirely worthwhile book for fans.I listened to the audio version read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. Excellent job, I absolutely loved the narration.Highly Recommended!

Barbara

October 04, 2021

In this 2nd book in Anthony Horowitz's "Sherlock Holmes' series, the body of Holme's nemesis Moriarty is found. The book can be read as a standalone.*****Several days after Sherlock Holmes and criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty go over the Reichenbach Falls, a dead body - identified as Moriarty - is fished out of the water. Two detectives descend on the scene: Frederick Chase, a Pinkerton Agent from New York and Athelny Jones from Scotland Yard. At the urging of Chase, Moriarty's body is searched for a letter from Clarence Devereux - an American criminal mastermind believed to be in England to join forces with Moriarty. A letter written in secret code is found.Luckily, Athelny Jones - who has intensely studied Holmes' methods - is able to decipher the letter, which has the time and place of a meeting between the evil masterminds. Hoping that Devereux believes Moriarty is still alive Chase impersonates Moriarty at the meeting while Jones is set to follow anyone who shows up. This maneuver leads the detectives to Devereux's gang and a series of clues point to the location of the American criminal genius, who is essentially untouchable. There's much murder and mayhem in the wake of the detectives' investigations and they work valiantly to nab Devereux while endangering their own lives. This is especially harrowing for Jones, who has a wife and young child dependent on him - but he and Chase forge ahead to a dramatic climax and finale.Sherlock Holmes fans will recognize many nods to the original stories in this worthy 'sequel', which is entertaining and clever and has the feel of 'real' Sherlock Holmes stories. Highly recommended to fans of the original tales. You can follow my reviews at https://reviewsbybarbsaffer.blogspot....

Taylor

March 10, 2015

I won my first Goodreads giveaway! So excited to get this book in the mail :)Update:Thank you to the publisher for this free ARC. I think this is more of a 3.5, but I'm rounding it up to a 4 because the second half of the book really got things going. An American criminal mastermind crosses the sea to entangle himself within England's web of crime, and all hell breaks loose. Two investigators, one American and one English, come together to find him and shut him down. Holmes and Watson weren't in this installment, but it was still very centered around their lives.The premise was very well-executed and there were quite a few different levels to the mystery. At first, I found my interest in the story waning a bit, but once the pacing picked up I was increasingly intrigued. I wasn't particularly enamored with any of the characters, but the atmosphere was spot on.Overall, I think I liked The House of Silk a little better, but both books are worth the read. Great for fans of Sherlock Holmes and mysteries in general.

Bookish Indulgenges with

February 17, 2017

I had heard a lot about ‘The House of Silk’, the first book in this series. Unfortunately, I could not get my hands on it. When I received the review copy of Moriarty from the publishers, I was really excited to get into it. The Story picks up from the Reichenbach Falls, where Sherlock Holmes and his arch-nemesis meet their end. Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase and Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard join up to solve the case of the new mastermind who takes up the criminal vacuum left by Moriarty. From a scrap of paper with his name on it to the real person that Clarence Devereux is, the author builds up a new character for the two detectives to follow and take down. Will they succeed or will the loss of Sherlock Holmes give the criminal world to rise again?A Sherlock Holmes book with very little about Sherlock Holmes! Yes, this book takes the canon world to a whole new level. Will Frederick Chase and Athelney Jones be able to fill in the very big shoes of Sherlock and Watson? Well read it and judge it for yourself.My experience with this book was unbelievable. Once I realized the turn the author was taking with the book, I was in shock for most part of it. All of a sudden all my expectations had taken a whole new level and I have to admit that the book fulfills it all and then some.The characters of Frederick Chase and Athelney Jones are well created and developed throughout the book. Athelney Jones, who has been following Sherlock Holme’s methods closely, brings quite a bit to the story. Frederick Chase on the other hand brings in a different flavor. Together they form quite a formidable duo. The plot on the other hand is something out of a Conan Doyle novel. The hardcore mystery buffs can play the Whodunnit game right along the 2 detectives and I have to admit that most of my guesses turned out wrong. Yes, this is a great mystery that had the better of me and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride it took me for.This is certainly one of the best books that I have read this year and this is certainly the best Sherlock Holmes cannon that I have read. Don’t be skeptical, go ahead and pick it up! http://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2015/01/Mor...

Elizabeth

September 14, 2019

This is one heck of a clever book and a diverting read. The many-talented Anthony Horowitz gives us a post Reichenbach Falls novel featuring a Scotland Yard detective and a Pinkerton's Detective Agency detective who meet up where Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty took their fatal fall together. A body has washed up and it's Moriarty's. This is a first person narrative written by the Pinkerton man, done in Victorian style in much the same way Conan Doyle wrote. It hearkens back to Agatha Christie's most controversial novel, and a crime-novel-reading group would find much to discuss. I previously had read a dreary crime novel with far too many characters to keep straight, and this book was a breath of fresh criminal air.

AziaMinor

November 28, 2022

Completely. Shooked. This is how I looked reading the last 10% of this book.Anthony Horowitz has managed it again! What starts out as a normal mystery after the death of Sherlock Holmes turns into a full blown conspiracy were you have no idea how it all comes together - until it does and you're left with a sense of "holy hell how did I not see this coming????" .Full of twists and turns with an ending that will BLOW YOUR MIND. Definitely one of THE BEST interpretations of Doyle yet. I would recommend this book along with its companion The House of Silk for anyone looking for a true Sherlock mystery.

Christopher

April 21, 2017

Moriarty is much more difficult than The House of Silk to write about. Moriarty is an excellent book (I think?), but I'm not sure that is an excellent Sherlock Holmes book, and not merely because Holmes isn't in it. This is almost entirely down to expectations. This is the follow-up to The House of Silk and has the official backing of the Doyle Estate. As such, there are expectations of tone that this book doesn't quite meet. It is difficult to knock that though, because if it was an exact match in tone, then people would complain that Jones and Chase were merely Holmes and Watson with different names (even more than they are). To me, the largest problem is the expectation that there is a specific mystery to solve. Here we have Moriarty and Holmes both dead, and our two investigators are after an American named Devereux. But as readers, we know something is wrong. I mean, look at the name of the book. So by the middle of the book, we still don't feel like we have identified the real mystery. As a reader, I was asking a series of questions: "Where is Moriarty?" "Is Chase Devereux?" "Is Devereux Moriarty?" "Might Jones be Moriarty?" "Certainly Moriarty is manipulating them, but how?" Etc, etc, etc. The trouble is that neither of our MCs are asking those questions, which makes one want to reach into the pages and smack around the MCs so they will do what we want. So much of that is due to expectations though, and not necessarily the fault of the book. Or maybe the book is at fault, but I can't be objective about that at this point. The end of this book is great, and to the author's credit, there are some very very subtle hints along the way that point to answers to the questions I was actually asking as the reader instead of the ones the MCs were pursuing. Subtle enough that I actually flipped back to a couple of places to check that they really were there and the explanation at the end wasn't just nonsense. If you can set aside your expectations for a traditional Holmes book (I knew Holmes wasn't in this, and mistakenly thought I had), there is a lot to like about this story. Just know that your major questions do get answered and enjoy the ride.

HBalikov

September 18, 2015

"Sherlockians" are, in general, a conservative bunch. If they want more Holmes than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle provided, they want little changed. The Baker Street Irregulars, that literary group, hold fast to the minutia provided in those novels and stories. The Conan Doyle Estate still makes its voice known. It parsimoniously grants "official" approval to addition works of literary fiction. Anthony Horowitz gained their approval for House of Silk and he retains it for Moriarty.Horowitz is a prolific writer who offers us a wide variety of crime, suspense and beyond. He just published a "new" James Bond novel. I am staggered by the amount of research that must have gone into Moriarty. Just like an excellent jazz soloist, who must know his melody before he can improvise, Horowitz creates a flowing riff on all we know about Sherlock Holmes, his methods, manners and the milieu of London approaching the 20th Century. The devil is in the details and it is obvious that Horowitz enjoys describing the different horse carriages, parts of London, clothing, restaurants, forms of address, class differences, and police procedures that this era presents. His details of the American Embassy in London are fascinating in themselves. Who's your Sherlock Holmes? Cumberbatch? Rathbone? Brett? It doesn't matter here because Holmes is the background. Here it is about the title figure, Professor Moriarty. Holmes is on the minds of Scotland Yard, Pinkertons and others but it is primarily his influence that creeps around the edges. I fear that this book won't appeal to you, unless you have some grounding in Conan Doyle's original.There is little I can relate to you without ruining Horowitz's plot. Others may not be so fastidious. The plot is the thing. Horowitz gives us the most striking, most ambitious, most challenging approach to Sherlockia. If you persevere through this substantial book, I guarantee that you will be frustrated, astounded, mislead, tricked, amused, intrigued and chagrined by turns...........but only if you are into Sherlockia.

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