"The Napoleon of crime, Professor James Moriarty, returns with a daring plan of retribution so perniciously perfect that even Sherlock Holmes will feel the whip-sharp bite of his revenge."@en
"The Napoleon of crime, Professor James Moriarty, returns with a daring plan of retribution so perniciously perfect that even Sherlock Holmes will feel the whip-sharp bite of his revenge."
"After a lucrative stay in San Francisco in 1896, Moriarty returns to London where--as a master of disguise and twisted tactician--he manuevers his army of lurkers, pickpockets, punishers, and mobsters to overwhelm his enemies all across Europe."
"Now back in print after forty years: the second novel in John Gardner?s bestselling series of Victorian crime thrillers.?With riches accumulated from an American crime spree,?Professor Moriarty proceeds to annihilate his enemies. He?murders the leaders of Europe?s underworld one by one,?then prepares his most hideous revenge for his arch-enemy,?Sherlock Holmes. Will he succeed in this most terrible plan? In this vivid, suspenseful novel of London underworld?crime, John Gardner has created another brilliant novel in?his acclaimed series pitting the Napoleon of Crime, James?Moriarty, against mystery fiction?s Great Detective, Sherlock?Holmes."

The revenge of Moriarty