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Von: Anthony Horowitz
Gesprochen von: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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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 from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, Chase must hunt down this shadowy figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, a man determined to engulf London in a tide of murder and menace.

The game is afoot . . .©2014 Anthony Horowitz Europa Großbritannien Krimis Mord Serienmörder True Crime
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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.
Is there nothing Anthony Horowitz touches that doesn't turn to gold? ...He captures Conan Doyle's narrative technique to perfection. Gory murders, honest thieves, brilliant disguises, breathless chases and red herrings abound
A relentlessly fast-paced and entertaining read
An unpredictable and twist-filled mystery from start to finish. But what do you expect from the man penning the next James Bond novel?
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.
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.
"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. ...An often excruciatingly exciting pursuit, and there is much casual slaughter, with hints of torture; nothing gratuitous but, as in The House of Silk, Horowitz's Victorian London is a much darker place than Doyle's."
"In this skilfully executed follow on, Horowitz takes up the Conan Doyle baton and creates a suitably stylish and twisty detective story."
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
"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."
A no-nonsense writer Horowitz proceeds briskly and ladles out spills and thrills with aplomb. Yet, the novel is terribly serious too - the author evokes a sombre atmosphere early on and thereafter cannot seem to shake it. This is a worthy addition to the store of Holmes fan-fic - but not be quite the romp you expected.
"Ultimately, Moriarty has its cake by playfully re-creating the Sherlock Holmes persona and eats it by poking gentle fun at his methodology - and, by extension, his enduring appeal...Anthony Horowitz may not be the most reverential of the many writers who have attempted to breathe new life into the legacy of Sherlock Holmes, but Moriarty proves that he is certainly one of the most entertaining".
An exhilarating page-turner
"Horowitz weaves this mystery together perfectly and his plot twists are unpredictable until the last."
"A page-turner that is exhilarating and infuriating in equal measure."
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I really enjoyed to listen to this book. Great story and nicely read. A Sherlock Holm story without homes, brilliant.

Great audio book

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Although I enjoyed the beginning of the main story, the ending irritated me quite a lot. As someone who grew up reading and appreciating Doyle's stories, I thought Horowitz having been given the Doyle estate's seal of approval would mean that this book might have the flair of the originals. Unfortunately this was only the case with the short story read by Sir Derek Jacobi.

It had already irked me that "The House of Silk" saw a much more "gritty" approach to the Holmesian universe but during the course of this book I was so often reminded of modern TV police dramas where the whole vibe is much darker and depressing. If Moriarty was a TV drama it'd definitely be extremely badly lit and everything had a blue tint. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else.

While I'd not eagerly recommend this book to any fans of the Sherlock Holmes stories, I wouldn't say it is absolutely to be avoided. Julian Rhind-Tutt is as good a narrator as he is an actor. His American accent is solid, though you can definitely hear that it is not natural to him.

All in all an OK book.

Not necessarily a "must listen"

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Entertaining, thrilling ! I am Looking forward for the next Adventure that brings me back to the City of Sherlock Holmes

Conan Doyle would have been proud and entertained

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I love this book with all my heart. I have it as paperback as well but I never find the time to sit down and read it, so I thought I'd enjoy it this way.

Like Horowitz said himself: "A book as evil as Moriarty himself."

One of the best plot twists I've ever read.

Absolutely marvellous

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Eine Sherlock Holmes-Geschichte quasi ohne Sherlock Holmes. Ein Fall mit dem Titel MORIARTY, ohne dass der groß darin auftaucht. Stattdessen: ein ehrgeiziger Scotland Yard-Inspector und ein US-Detektiv, die nach dem ‘Reichenbach Fall’ in die großen Fußstapfen des einzigen consulting detective treten. Die scheinen teils einen Hauch zu groß, vermisst man Holmes und Watson doch ein wenig. Allerdings ist der Geist von Arthur Conan Doyle gut eingefangen, mit etwas mehr Brutalität, Stringenz und Action aufgepeppt. Und am Ende zeigt sich, dass Horowitz nicht umsonst von der Conan Doyle Estate auserkoren wurde, das Erbe des Schriftstellers anzutreten: Die Schlusspointe sitzt, dass es eine diebische Freude ist!

Der Sprecher ist Engländer, jongliert amerikanisches und britisches Englisch aber so überzeugend, dass er beides sein könnte! Im zur Ära passenden engagierten Plauderton vorgelesen - starke Leistung!

Sherlock Holmes-Hommage mit Schlusspointe

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