Moriarty (novel)
{{short description|Book by Anthony Horowitz}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| author = Anthony Horowitz
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series = Sherlock Holmes
| genre = Detective fiction, crime fiction, mystery fiction
| publisher = Orion Publishing Group
| release_date = 23 October 2014
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 320
| isbn = 978-1-4091-0947-1
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Moriarty is a Sherlock Holmes novel written by author Anthony Horowitz and published in 2014. It is the follow-up, but not a sequel, to his previous novel The House of Silk.{{cite news|last1=Flood|first1=Alison|title=Sherlock Holmes returns in new Anthony Horowitz book, Moriarty|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/10/anthony-horowitz-new-sherlock-holmes-book-moriarty|access-date=9 August 2014|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=10 April 2014|newspaper=Guardian}}
Plot
Moriarty takes place in 1891 after the events of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem". Scotland Yard detectives with whom Holmes worked in previous cases, such as Athelney Jones and Lestrade, also appear in the novel.{{cite web|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony|title=5 Apr 14 Tweet|url=https://twitter.com/AnthonyHorowitz/status/452355984510701568|publisher=Twitter|access-date=8 August 2014}}{{cite web|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony|title=5 Apr 14 Tweet|url=https://twitter.com/AnthonyHorowitz/status/452356297510629376|publisher=Twitter|access-date=8 August 2014}} The novel follows Pinkerton Detective Agency operative Frederick Chase and Det. Insp. Athelney Jones as they try to prevent a new criminal mastermind from taking over the streets of London after Moriarty's demise.{{Cite web|url=http://www.moriarty-book.co.uk/|title=MORIARTY: Anthony Horowitz's new Sherlock Holmes novel|website=www.moriarty-book.co.uk}}
Critical reception
Laura Miller writing for The Guardian thought "Moriarty is a sound mystery novel, with traps, disguises and a good if not exactly unprecedented twist, but whether it scratches the Holmesian itch is another matter."{{Cite web |first=Laura |last=Miller |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/22/moriarty-anthony-horowitz-review-authorised-sherlock-holmes-novel |title=Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz – review |work=The Guardian |date=22 October 2014 |access-date=1 January 2024 }} Holly Cuthbert of the Worcester News thought the novel a simplistic crime story that was inferior to Horowitz's previous novel The House of Silk, lacking the same depth.{{Cite web |first=Holly |last=Cuthbert |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11627250.review-of-moriarty-by-anthony-horowitz/ |title=Review of Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz |work=Worcester News |date=27 November 2014 |access-date=1 January 2024 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.moriarty-book.co.uk/ Official site]
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Category:Novels by Anthony Horowitz
Category:Sherlock Holmes novels