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Title: The Great Game: A Professor Moriarty Novel by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0-312-30505-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 06 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant Book,
Comment: A complex plot told in such a way to make it easy for the READER not the author - that is skill of the highest sort. Not just for Holmes fans by any means. Its full of wit, wisdom and great characters. The Great Game has a real feel for time and place with echo of what is to come. Kurland's Prof Moriarty is a first rate creation. From one puzzle after another the excitement keeps building to Kraiser Willhem himself leading a charge much to the dismay of everyone! Most of those rescued are properly thankful except for Barnett ( one of the few Americans) who was focus of the first two Moriarty novels who only grouses - what took you so long!
Highly recommended! As are the two early books, The Infernal Device, and Death by Gaslight
Rating: 4
Summary: An enjoyable read
Comment: It is 1891, and political terrorism and assassination are sweeping Europe. Professor James Moriarty, a brilliant if often amoral scientist, finds himself sucked into the maelstrom when certain shadowy organizations take Sherlock Holmes' maundering accusations seriously, and decide they need to deal with this "Napoleon of Crime." Collecting an unusual assortment of allies, Moriarty must use all of his talents to penetrate this mystery and stop those who would set the world at war.
I must admit that this is the first book by Michael Kurland that I have read. I found it quite by chance, and was intrigued by the story's premise. The story's main weakness is that none of the characters seem the least bit Victorian (I couldn't shake the idea that the Barnett's were modeled directly on the Blues (Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid), from the movie Undercover Blues). That said, though, the author does spin a great yarn, that succeeds in gripping the reader all the way through to the end.
If you are interested in a story that features the famous (or infamous) Professor Moriarty, or simply like a good thriller, then I highly recommend this book to you. I enjoyed it immensely!
Rating: 5
Summary: Total Page Turner
Comment: Michael Kurland has written a terrific book that contains clues and subplots that will keep the pages turning. As a reader, you get an deep understand of who each of the characters are, and you develop a new perspective of Professor Moriarty. In all honesty, I think this would make a great movie. It has all the suspense and mystery.
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Title: The Infernal Device and Others : A Professor Moriarty Omnibus by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0312252730 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 11 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0312280939 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 12 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes by Larry Millett ISBN: 0142003409 Publisher: Penguin USA (Mm) Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Castle Rouge by Carole Nelson Douglas ISBN: 0765345714 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Shadows Over Baker Street by Michael Reaves, John Pelan ISBN: 0345455282 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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