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Anyone who has ever read a story about the legendary Holmes and Watson has heard of Professor Moriarty and Sebastian Moran. But now Kim Newman sheds light on the secret history of "Basher" Moran and the "Napoleon of Crime" and how they came together to solve the unsolvable and even change the course of history itself...all in the name of profit and, sometimes, occasional sheer bloody-mindedness.

As with Newman's previous works, I immediately found myself immersed in the Victorian age, surrounded by a colorful and entertaining cast I would not dare turn my back on...nor would I want to. Sometimes there's good to be found in evil...also friendship, and sadness, and even a strange sort of honor. I tore right through this book and found myself wanting more.


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Professor Moriarty The Hound of the D'Urbervilles Professor Moriarty Novels Kim Newman Books Reviews

I first got into Kim Newman through his Warhammer Fantasy and Dark Future books (written under the pen name Jack Yeovil) where he seamlessly mixed fictional characters and historical ones to create fun books packed with Easter eggs. His Anno Dracula books, set in a world where Dracula succeeded and became regent of the British Empire, followed a similar path and were just as much fun.

With the Hound of the D'Ubervilles Newman takes this to a new level with a series of adventures told from Professor Moriarty's point of view. Narrated by Moriarty's right hand man Colonel 'Basher' Moran each one is filled with references to 19th century literature and pulp/penny dreadful characters. A few have to be lightly concealed due to copyright reasons -- including Sherlock Holmes himself, apparently Arthur Conan Doyle's estate continues to fight against him being in the public domain even after 120 years -- but Newman does a fantastic job of introducing them and slotting them in. He even provides footnotes to save us all the trouble of looking them up. While the obscure references are pretty thick, I never felt I was being left out.

Simply put if you've liked Newman/Yeovil's earlier works you'll love this. If you like Victorian fiction you'll love this. It's a fun read and worth picking up.
I found this novel while wandering through Barnes and Noble one day, and immediately purchased it on for the discount. I was overjoyed to read this since I love the world of Sherlock Holmes. Moriarty and the Hound of the D'urbervilles is an excellent counter to the typical Holmes story, and Moran is a wonderful mirror for Watson. Where Watson was precise, detailed and reverential in his retellings, Moran is reckless, ambiguous and down right egotistical.

- This is a collection of short stories(longest is around 100 pages) as well as an appendix of notes and associated works

- Moran acts as narrator and main protagonist, describing a handful of jobs as well as providing how he and Moriarty came to work together(all told in the past tense after his capture)

- The stories are often mirrors of famous Holmes tales, as the title suggests, or they involve/mention characters from those tales

To me this books is very similar to a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and weaves in and out of the famous stories so many of us are familiar with. They poke fun at the classics, and often provide counter solutions. Moran is every bit the villain and isn't shy about enjoying it. His narrative often drifts off into self-reflection and day dreaming, which lends even more character to the stories since the whole book is meant to have been a retelling of his past.

If you're a fan of Sherlock Holmes then I highly suggest this book. It is a very quick read. It has great character, and the appendix is filled with other great novels and collections that make these stories even more enjoyable if you're familiar with them.
Much as the character of Moriarty can be taken at face value as a mathematician by society and the Napoleon of Crime when one looks deeper, so does this book work on two levels that make it a good read not just once, but over and over again.

On it's surface, Moriarty is the flip side of the coin Many of the stories serve as mirror images of Sherlock stories, told from a darker point of view and by a different hand. There are obvious examples of reflections Moriarty and Sherlock (the eccentric masters of their field), Watson and Moran (the injured soldiers and biographers), Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. H (the kidnly land lady and the landlady...who runs a brothel), and even minor characters, like Stamford (Watson's boyhood friend and the criminal Moran knows and dislikes, both of whom introduce the pairs).

But there is more to it than that when it comes to the reflections and different outlooks. While Watson sought to bring out the best in people, Moran brings out the worst, focusing on their faults. For example, while Watson writes that Irene Adler was a cunning woman and an accomplished singer, Moran reveals she sang very poorly, was kicked out of her theater troupe, purposely used her...assets...for her gain...and most amusing, actually had a 'Noo Joosey' accent (and not the proper English accent Watson seemingly gives her).

And that is where the second layer comes in.

This book will force the reader to ask themselves a simple, yet complex, question Who was being honest? Whose word should we take as truth?

Could it be that Moran is the honest writer, not having to alter characters like Watson does (and admits too)? Where Watson creates a world where even murder was a gentlemen affair settled in parlors with smoking jackets, Moran presents a more realistic, more truthful view of the world, making us question everything Watson writes.

And yet, Moran is a killer, a cutthroat willing to murder a feeble minded teen and idly comments that if he forced himself on Irene when he first met her, she would have been broken like a horse and come to heel. Can we honestly believe a word a man who looks at the world so darkly says?

That is where the fun of this book is revealed. You will find yourself flipping back through the famous Sherlock stories, wondering just whose side to believe, how much each is hiding and just what the truth might me.
Anyone who has ever read a story about the legendary Holmes and Watson has heard of Professor Moriarty and Sebastian Moran. But now Kim Newman sheds light on the secret history of "Basher" Moran and the "Napoleon of Crime" and how they came together to solve the unsolvable and even change the course of history itself...all in the name of profit and, sometimes, occasional sheer bloody-mindedness.

As with Newman's previous works, I immediately found myself immersed in the Victorian age, surrounded by a colorful and entertaining cast I would not dare turn my back on...nor would I want to. Sometimes there's good to be found in evil...also friendship, and sadness, and even a strange sort of honor. I tore right through this book and found myself wanting more.