Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
{{Short description|2011 novel by Kim Newman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
| title_orig =
| image = File:Moriarty The Hound of the D'Urbervilles.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Kim Newman
| cover_artist =
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Mystery novels
| publisher = Titan Books
| release_date = 2011
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages =
| isbn = 978-0857682833
| isbn_note = (first U.S. edition, paperback)
| dewey=
| congress=
| oclc=
}}
Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Kim Newman.
The novel, in the form of a series of connected stories, purports to be the memoirs of Colonel Sebastian Moran{{cite web|last=White|first=Peter|title='Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles' Heads To The Small Screen With Playground Entertainment|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/professor-moriarty-the-hound-of-the-durbervilles-heads-to-the-small-screen-with-playground-entertainment-1202431606/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=23 July 2018|accessdate=20 December 2019}} which detail his adventures with Professor Moriarty in what Empire Online describes as "a dark mirror for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's heroes."{{cite web|last=White|first=James|title=Kim Newman's Professor Moriarty Novel Will Venture To TV|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/kim-newman-professor-moriarty-novel-will-venture-tv/|website=Empire Online|date=23 July 2018|accessdate=20 December 2019}}
Reception
Publishers Weekly called it a "delightfully roguish alternate take on the Sherlock Holmes canon."{{cite web|title=Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-85768-283-3|website=Publishers Weekly|date=30 January 2012|accessdate=20 December 2019}} The Independent praised the work and compared Newman's Moran to George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman.{{cite web|last=Forshaw|first=Barry|title=Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/professor-moriarty-the-hound-of-the-drsquourbervilles-by-kim-newman-2371950.html|website=The Independent|date=18 October 2011|accessdate=20 December 2019}}
Adaptation
In July 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Playground Entertainment was developing an adaptation for television.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://johnnyalucard.com/ Kim Newman]
- [https://titanbooks.com/5416-moriarty-the-hound-of-the-durbervilles/ Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles] at Titan Books
{{Sherlock Holmes by others}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles}}
Category:Sherlock Holmes novels
Category:Sherlock Holmes pastiches
{{2010s-mystery-novel-stub}}