The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Moriarty

The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Moriarty: The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes’s Nemesis

ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson, 2015); audiobook read by Toby Longworth (Bolinda, 2016)

Book cover: “The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Moriarty: The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes’s Nemesis”, ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson, 2015); audiobook read by Toby Longworth (Bolinda, 2016)

An enormous anthology, remarkable for having no truly poor stories—though also very few classics. Keith Moray’s traditionally styled ‘The Fulham Strangler’ and Claude Lalumière’s more experimental ‘A Scandal in Arabia’ come closest, showing Moriarty to be as dangerous as Holmes asserted.

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