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Informationen zum Autor Anthony Horowitz is one of the UK's most prolific and successful writers. His novels The House of Silk and Moriarty were Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers and sold in more than thirty-five countries around the world. His bestselling Alex Rider series for children has sold more than nineteen million copies worldwide. He is also the author of a James Bond novel! Trigger Mortis . As a TV screenwriter he created both Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle's War ; other TV work includes Poirot ! the widely-acclaimed mini-series Collision and Injustice and most recently! New Blood for the BBC. Anthony sits on the board of the Old Vic and regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines. In January 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. Anthony Horowitz lives in London. www.anthonyhorowitz.com @AnthonyHorowitz Klappentext The exciting new project from the bestselling author of The House of Silk. A delightfully fiendish crime thriller from the bestselling author of The House of Silk. Zusammenfassung Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls! Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind who has risen to take his place. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard! a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction! Frederick Chase must forge a path through the darkest corners of the capital to shine light on this shadowy figure! a man much feared but seldom seen! a man determined to engulf London in a tide of murder and menace. Author of the global bestseller T he House of Silk ! Anthony Horowitz once more breathes life into the world created by Arthur Conan Doyle. With pitch-perfect characterisation and breath-taking pace! Horowitz weaves a relentlessly thrilling tale which teases and delights by the turn of each page. The game is afoot... ...
