The Infernal Device & Others: A Professor Moriarty Omnibus

by Michael Kurland

  ISBN 0-312-25273-0

  First Edition: August 2001

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  Since their original appearance more than two decades ago, Michael Kurland's two novels featuring Professor James Moriarty—The Infernal Device and Death by Gaslight—have been among the most acclaimed of the works based on the characters first introduced by Arthur Conan Doyle. In Doyle's original stories, Professor Moriarty is the bete noire of Sherlock Holmes, who deems the professor his mental equivalent and ethical opposite, declares him "the Napolean of Crime," and wrestles him seemingly to their mutual deaths at Reichenback Falls. But indeed there are two sides to every story, and while Moriarty may not always tread strictly on the side of the law, he is also, in these novels, not quite the person that Holmes and Watson made him out to be. In Kurland's fictions about Moriarty, the truth is finally revealed:

  The Infernal Device—A dangerous adversary seeking to topple the British monarchy places Moriarty in mortal jeopardy, forcing him to collaborate with his nemesis Sherlock Holmes.

  Death by Gaslight—A serial killer is stalking the cream of England's aristocracy, baffling both the police and Sherlock Holmes and leaving the powers in charge to play one last desperate card: Professor Moriarty.

  The Paradol Paradox—The first new Moriarty story in almost twenty years, it has never before appeared in print.

  Brilliantly and vividly evoking late Victorian England in all its facets, this first-ever omnibus of the adventures of Professor James Moriarty will delight longtime fans as well as readers new to the milieu.

  Michael Kurland has written many nonfiction books on a vast array of topics, including, How to Solve a Murder, as well as several novels. Twice a finalist for the Edgar Award (once for The Infernal Device), presented by the Mystery Writers of America, Kurland is perhaps best known for his novels about Professor Moriarty. He lives in Petuluma, California.

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  Cover illustration by Jill Bauman

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  Table of Contents

  The Infernal Device and Others

  A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

  THE INFERNAL DEVICE

  PROLOGUE

  ONE — STAMBOUL

  TWO — MORIARTY

  THREE — DEATH

  FOUR — ODESSA

  FIVE — A BARGAIN

  SIX — NARY A MONK

  SEVEN — 64 RUSSELL SQUARE

  EIGHT — SHERLOCK HOLMES

  NINE — LONDON

  TEN — THE FOUR-WHEELER

  ELEVEN — THE SCENT

  TWELVE — TREPOFF

  THIRTEEN — FLEET STREET

  FOURTEEN — PASSING STRANGE

  FIFTEEN — INTERSTICES

  SIXTEEN — WORD FROM THE TSAR

  SEVENTEEN — THE PUZZLE

  EIGHTEEN — THE HAT TRICK

  NINETEEN — THE BIG BANG

  TWENTY — ELEMENTARY

  TWENTY-ONE — VICTORIA AND ALBERT

  TWENTY-TWO — EARTH, AIR, FIRE, AND WATER

  TWENTY-THREE — THE UNWRITTEN TALE

  THE PARADOL PARADOX

  DEATH BY GASLIGHT

  PROLOGUE

  ONE — NIGHT AND FOG

  TWO — THE MORNING

  THREE — 221B BAKER STREET

  FOUR — MISS CECILY PERRINE

  FIVE — SCOTLAND YARD

  SIX — THE FOX

  SEVEN — INTERLUDE: THE WIND

  EIGHT — THE HOUNDS

  NINE — THE CHASE

  TEN — DRAWING THE COVER

  ELEVEN — THE GENTLEMEN'S GENTLEMEN

  TWELVE — INTERLUDE: NOT TO BE

  THIRTEEN — THE PROBLEM

  FOURTEEN — THE ART OF DETECTION

  FIFTEEN — A MODEST PROPOSAL

  SIXTEEN — THE GAME

  SEVENTEEN — THE CANDLE

  EIGHTEEN — RICHARD PLANTAGENET

  NINETEEN — THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

  TWENTY — ALWAYS DARKEST

  TWENTY-ONE — INSIDE OUT

  TWENTY-TWO — TETE-A-TETE

  TWENTY-THREE — THE POSSIBLE

  TWENTY-FOUR — INTERLUDE: THE EVENING

  TWENTY-FIVE — AGONY

  TWENTY-SIX — INTERLUDE: ECSTASY

  TWENTY-SEVEN — RESCUE

  TWENTY-EIGHT — THE GIFT

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