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Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles - Kim Newman
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780857686015 (0857686011)
Publisher: Titan Books
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
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Vilja Reads
Vilja Reads rated it
4.0 The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
Professional soldier, casual murderer and all-around lout Colonel Sebastian Moran arrives in London and is extended a one of a kind offer: To join the "firm" of Professor Moriarty, the undisputed king of London's criminal underworld. His job: To kill whoever the professor tells him to kill. The m...
AnnaMatsuyama
AnnaMatsuyama rated it
Extremely disappointing. Characters are bland, stories meh and I didn't like the tone of the book. After I noticed how similar Dr Temple and Moran's voices are I shouldn't have accepted it to be enjoyable read.
The Surly Dragon
The Surly Dragon rated it
I'm not going to rate this. Usually this type of fair, and books by Newman, are ones I quite enjoy. This one though? I've sat on page #5 for over a month. Every time I pick up my Nook and decide which book I am going to delve into, I look at it, my finger hovers over the image of the cover and t...
Nina @ Death Books and Tea
Nina @ Death Books and Tea rated it
5.0
Review: Moriarty and Moran-the criminal equivalent of Holmes and Watson. This collection of short stories charts their running around London and the rest of England, living with a woman who runs a brothel, and taking on their fair share of cases. Literary mashup galore in here! Obviously, the Sherlo...
Andra
Andra rated it
I so wanted this to be good. But it really wasn't, for me. Just okay. The story draaaaaaaaaaaagged out in a lot of places. There were no really likeable characters. Plots were forgettable. Violence galore; the racism and sexism Moran displayed, which were supposed to be reflective of the times (I su...
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