Moriarty

Informationen zum Autor John Gardner was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumbria. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge and volunteered for service in the Royal Marines during World War II. After the war, Gardner was ordained and served as a priest for seven years before deciding he did not have the proper vocation and withdrawing from the clergy. Gardner is the author of the acclaimed Boysie Oakes series and fourteen James Bond novels. Klappentext Professor James Moriarty - arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes - left the underworld of Victorian London behind several years ago when he was forced to flee to America. Now he has returned home to find that the huge criminal network he set up has been seized by 'gentleman' crime lord Sir Jack Idell! alias Idle Jack. There's no other option: Idle Jack must fall. But the new crime boss is not an easy target and he'll use any method possible to secure his right to prey on the high society of 19th century London. And he won't let Moriarty stand in his way. Zusammenfassung Sherlock Holmes' nemesis lives again. It's the turn of the century and Moriarty has been away from London for several years! setting up crime syndicates in the US. But he's suddenly called back to London to deal with the European upstart criminals who have attempted to oust him...

Product details

• Authors: John Gardner
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9781849160704
• ISBN: 978-1-84916-070-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 197 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Historical mysteries, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries