Moriarty

In the literary and film world, there is no more popular hero than Sherlock Holmes. The name became a sensation in the 1890s thanks to publications in the magazine “The Strand,” whose circulation immediately grew by a third. By the number of film adaptations, the detective story from Baker Street entered the Guinness Book of Records. As for the sheer number of literary pastiches, there’s even less need to talk about it—but official recognition from the Conan Doyle Heritage Fund was granted only to Anthony Horowitz for his novel “The House of Silk.”

Three years after “The House of Silk” was published, Anthony Horowitz returned to the world of the great detective. After Professor Moriarty disappeared into the wild waters of the Reichenbach Falls, a “vacancy” appeared in the criminal underworld. Among the many contenders for this place, a truly ominous figure emerges. A detective agency from New York and an inspector from Scotland Yard—an ardent fan of Sherlock Holmes—must pave the way through the darkest corners of London, from the elegant squares of Mayfair to the quays and back alleys of the city’s docks, in pursuit of the one who boldly declares his claim as Moriarty’s successor…

The list of Holmes investigations continues with the story “Three Monarchs,” in which the narration is once again carried out by Dr. Watson. So the game begins…