The Empress of India: A Professor Moriarty NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 01/04/2007 - 320 páginas In the late Victorian days, a large amount of gold is arriving unannounced on the cargo ship The Empress of India. Yet the impossible happens--the shipment of gold disappears en route. Sherlock Holmes, brought in by Her Majesty's Government, knows that only one man is both diabolical and clever enough to pull off such an outlandish, daring, and, yes, theoretically impossible crime: Professor James Moriarty. |
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... India : a Professor Moriarty novel / by Michael Kurland. p. cm. ISBN 0-312-29144-2 EAN 978-0-312-29144-0 1. Moriarty, Professor (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Gold theft—Fiction. 3. Scientists—Fiction. I. Title. PS3561.U647E66 2006 ...
... Indian princes and maharajas and the like—people who rule over immensely wealthy provinces of India.” “I see,” Holmes said. “The Raj is making sure that the underling princes behave by holding their wealth in protective custody.” “Even ...
... India. A special vault is even now being constructed in the cargo hold. The ship leaves for Calcutta at the end of the week. It will be used to take the currency to India, and to bring the gold back. The return journey should begin in ...
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4 The Maharajas Golden Houri | 40 |
5 The Enigmatic Dr Pin Dok Low | 56 |
6 Government House | 63 |
7 West of Suez | 76 |
17 All at Sea | 164 |
18 Stirring and Twitching | 181 |
19 Elephanta | 187 |
20 A Number of Things | 201 |
21 The Lonely Sea | 211 |
22 HuggerMugger | 224 |
23 The Gathering Storm | 234 |
24 The Marquis of Queensberry Doesnt Rule Here | 244 |
8 The Jadoogar | 81 |
9 The Phansigar | 97 |
10 Punctuated Equilibrium | 110 |
11 The Games Afoot | 125 |
12 The Empress of India | 132 |
13 The Scorpion Killers | 137 |
14 Shipmates | 145 |
15 All That Glisters | 152 |
16 Bombay | 160 |
25 Who Is This Man? | 251 |
26 Missing | 261 |
27 Altered Patterns | 265 |
28 Into Thin Air | 273 |
29 A Pretty Trick | 283 |
30 The Return | 302 |
31 The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street | 304 |