Moriarty by Anthony HorowitzMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sherlock Holmes stories are somewhat akin to Marmite. You love them or hate them. I am in the former category. But now, Sherlock Holmes is dead and darkness falls. In the capable hands of Anthony Horowitz the late Victorian era once again becomes alive, the streets of London redolent with mist and fog, Hackney and Brougham cabs and the eerie cry of "The game's afoot" - but not uttered by our famous consultative detective. Holmes and Moriarty have fallen to their deaths at the Reichenbach Falls; well, they have, haven't they? Is everything what it seems? What is the Pinkerton agent, Frederick Chase, doing in Meiringen? Does he want to confirm the death of Moriarty? And who is the master criminal who has journeyed from New York to London, determined to take over Moriarty's criminal empire? You might think you know, but do you? How does Chase meet Inspector Athelney Jones from Scotland Yard in Meiringen? Why is he there? Will they work together to run this new master criminal to earth? And will you, like me, have the wind completely blown from your sails in the final quarter of the story when everything you thought you knew is completely turned on its head?!
Moriarty is a master class in crime fiction. Horowitz has managed once again to capture Conan Doyle's narrative style (as he did in The House of Silk) with brilliant plotting. It will leave your head spinning.
Highly recommended.
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