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ANDERSON JACK THE RETURN OF MORIARTY

'Ingenious' Sunday Times   'An outstanding historicial murder mystery' Guy Morpuss  ' Come for
the title  stay for the domestic hijinks that'll give the archcriminal a run for his money'
Kirkus Reviews    Sherlock Holmes is dead. But his nemesis is not.   James Moriarty is severely
wounded  his organisation has been dismantled and Sherlock Holmes is dead. Fleeing to recover 
desperate to rebuild his empire  Moriarty must assume a new identity.   Months after Sherlock's
death  aspiring doctor Clara Mendel returns to Schloss Alber after a six-year absence. The vast
estate  which hangs high upon the cliffs of Bavaria  is home to the noble Alber family. A
priceless sword  on which the family's wealth and reputation depends  has been stolen from the
grave of the intended heir  Clara's step-father.  Lord Alber has placed his trust firmly in his
esteemed new friend  a Mr Hugo Strahm  to find the sword and prevent the noble family's ruin.
Once they have spent more time together  Clara becomes intrigued by Strahm's formidable
intellect: finally she has an equal at Schloss Alber.  But Clara isn't naïve. She knows the
secrets a great house like Schloss Alber can hide. And as she spends more time in Mr Strahm's
company. she begins to suspect him of hiding his true identity. Can she really trust him to
find the missing sword?   The start of a fiendishly inventive and enjoyable new historical
mystery series. Jack Anderson's Moriarty Mystery books see Sherlock Holmes' iconic villain
re-invented for a whole new generation of readers.

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