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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... own police whistle at the end of a short silver chain. “In those closed tunnels a blast on this should travel for quite a distance. I'll sound the alarm and you follow through.” “Right, Holmes,” I agreed. Holmes nodded and did up the 8.
... closed the door carefully behind them. When Mr. Maws felt irate—which was seldom, as by nature he was inclined to be placid—the muscles in his back and shoulders bunched up and his earlobes turned red; a prelude to the 2. Hide and Go Seek.
... closed the door. Moriarty rounded his desk and lowered himself into his heavy oak desk chair. “Seat yourselves, gentlemen,” he said. “I think you'll find that armchair by the window particularly comfortable, Mr. Holmes.” As he spoke, Mr ...
... closed his eyes for perhaps twenty seconds and then opened them again. “It was predictable that, given Holmes's inane insistence that I have been responsible for every major crime committed on these islands since the murder of Thomas à ...
... closed the door with exaggerated gentleness behind her. The gentlemen did help themselves, except for Gregson, who stared suspiciously at the teapot and then turned away. “What was Holmes doing down a manhole?” Moriarty asked. “What's ...
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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 |