ANTHONY HOROWITZ – Moriarty. Limited edition first edition, first print SIGNED and NUMBERED (130 of 350) hardback book with dustjacket and special bookmark. The dustjacket comes with an additional cellophane covering to protect the cover. The book is in LIKE NEW condition. Read once – from my own private collection. Price is based on the weight with packaging. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS. Check out my other listings! Published in 2014 by Orion Books / ISBN – 9781409109471. Line sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 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 THE 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.. Thrilling and compelling, with a stunning twist, this is written as if Conan Doyle were at Horowitz’s shoulder, and is – in my view – the finest crime novel of the year. He captures Conan Doyle’s narrative technique to perfection. Gory murders, honest thieves, brilliant disguises, breathless chases and red herrings abound (DAILY EXPRESS) A relentlessly fast-paced and entertaining read (SUNDAY TIMES) An unpredictable and twist-filled mystery from start to finish. But what do you expect from the man penning the next James Bond novel? (SHORTLIST) I hope it won’t be the last of Horowitz’ Holmes novels: should he publish another, I will be at the front of the queue. (SPECTATOR) Though Horowitz dishes up the gore and violence with relish, he also offers all the tropes one might expect from a Holmes yarn, including baffling coded messages, impossible murders and clever red herrings… Plotting is just as brilliantly gnarly [as THE HOUSE OF SILK] but its tone more self-aware and laced with in-jokes. (FINANCIAL TIMES) “His new novel, Moriarty, begins with a bravura dissection of Doyle’s story “The Final Problem in which he points out all the discrepancies, loose ends and improbabilities of behaviour. The remainder of the book is partly an ingenious exercise in explaining them away. ” (DAILY TELEGRAPH) “In this skilfully executed follow on, Horowitz takes up the Conan Doyle baton and creates a suitably stylish and twisty detective story. (SUNDAY MIRROR) THE HOUSE OF SILK, was very popular and a solid piece of work – well constructed, skilfully executed and persuasively tinged with that alluring sooty flavour of 1890s London. His second, MORIARTY, is much the same, but bolder in its ambitions (GUARDIAN) The plot is gripping and the writing most readable. In fact I must make a confession: I would rather read Horowitz than his model, Arthur Conan Doyle. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Books”. The seller is “yourmusicandmore” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Reunion, South Africa.
- Ex Libris: No
- Narrative Type: Fiction
- Personalised: No
- Character: Sherlock Holmes
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Custom Bundle: No
- Unit Quantity: 1
- Inscribed: No
- Type: Novel
- Features: Signed, Bookmark, Dust Jacket, Numbered Copy
- Original Language: English
- Special Attributes: Signed
- Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
- Year Printed: 2014
- Signed: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Personalise: No
- Signed By: Anthony Horowitz
- Edition: Signed and Numbered Edition, Bookmark included, First Edition, Limited Edition, Special Edition
- Genre: Crime & Thriller
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Place of Publication: Great Britain
- Weight: 700g
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- ISBN: 9781409109471
- Publication Year: 2014
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Book Title: Moriarty
- Item Height: 241mm
- Author: Anthony Horowitz
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
- Topic: Crime
- Item Width: 162mm
- Item Weight: 605g
- Number of Pages: 320 Pages