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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... turning around to peer at me as I entered the old, familiar sitting room, “quite recovered, I see.” “Why, yes, thank you,” I said, hanging my overcoat and scarf on the brass hook by the door. “I won't bother asking you how you know I ...
... turned up my collar against the gusts of chill wind which blew down King William Street as I stood by the side of the manhole, stamping my feet for warmth, and waited. I occupied myself with reminiscing about my relationship with Holmes ...
... turning along the constricted, improbable streets and alleys. That was extraordinary enough; but the odors! Cinnamon and allspice and coriander and turmeric and cow dung and camel dung and oranges and lemons and horse dung and more cow ...
... 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.
A Professor Moriarty Novel Michael Kurland. up and his earlobes turned red; a prelude to the sort of fighting fury that had made “Gentleman Jimmy” Maws bare-knuckles heavyweight champion of England for three years running back in the ...
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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 |