- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (Feb 7 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312291442
- ISBN-13: 978-0312291440
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,214,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Sherlock Holmes vanishes down a London sewer early in Edgar-finalist Kurland's fun fourth novel featuring the sleuth's archenemy, James Moriarty (after 2001's The Great Game). In 1890, a quarter-ton of gold is being shipped from Calcutta to the Bank of England via the eponymous luxury liner, whose passengers include the evil professor, fellow villain Col. Sebastian Moran, and members of the semicomical "Limehouse Coneys," an assortment of urchins and London lowlifes under the direction of inscrutable Dr. Pin Dok Low. Escorting this treasure are 30 crack Highland Lancers commanded by Brig. Gen. Sir Edward St. Yves, who's traveling with his comely and seductive daughter, Margaret. Chaos bordering on slapstick ensues as Moriarty and Moran try to abscond with the bejeweled statuette "Queen of Lamapoor," which is also hidden aboard the luckless liner. Lots of Indian lore adds colorful background to this "seemingly impossible crime," before its satisfying, if not startling, resolution. (Feb.)
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From Booklist
England, 1890. A cargo ship, the Empress of India, is about to dock with a large shipment of gold. The arrival of this shipment has not been publicized, but somehow, the gold vanishes while the ship is still at sea. The British government turns to the one man they know can solve the crime: Sherlock Holmes. And the great detective soon surmises that only one villain is clever enough to pull off such a feat: Professor James Moriarty. But--and here comes the twist that will delight fans of Holmesian literature--Moriarty is innocent. Of course nobody believes him, so he decides to solve the crime himself and, soon enough, winds up face-to-face with a villain at least as fiendishly clever as he is. This is Kurland's fourth Moriarty novel, and the series is nowhere near wearing out its welcome. Readers unfamiliar with the world of Sherlock Holmes need not fear: the author avoids the overabundance of in-references that render some other Holmes-related fiction incomprehensible to the casual visitor. This one's ideal for Holmes experts and novices alike. David Pitt
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3.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not Kurland's best, April 20 2006
By Paula Clifford "wasamatta" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Empress of India: A Professor Moriarty Novel (Hardcover)
THE EMPRESS OF INDIA is a pretty good read, even though there are too many oddball characters and the identity of the gold thief is obvious. I've read all of Michael Kurland's Moriarty books even though I'm not crazy about the idea that the professor is an innocent victim of Holmes' bizarre obsession about a master criminal - that idea had already been used in THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION. The biggest fault here is that Holmes is missing for most of the story, robbing the reader of his exchanges with Moriarty. THE GREAT GAME was better, they were forced to work together in that one.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kurland is brilliant, Jun 17 2008
By Dan Turnstile Jones "torgo0519" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Empress of India: A Professor Moriarty Novel (Hardcover)
This author has definitely found his niche. All of the Moriarty and Holmes books by this author very much work in conjunction with the original Holmes stories or as stand alone stories.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
"Research? What's that?", Aug 29 2011
By Charlene Vickers - Published on Amazon.com
I'll admit, I get inordinately annoyed by boneheaded mistakes in period novels that could have easily been fixed had the writer done even a smidgen of research. Unfortunately, this book is loaded to the gills with some of the most glaring mistakes I've ever seen in professionally published fiction.I should have known that this book would raise my blood pressure when, in the very first section, the Honourable Eustace Bergarot is referred to *by Watson* as "Honourable Bergarot".
"Honourable Bergarot", I bleeping kid you not.
And it goes downhill from there: a brigadier-general in the British Army?? This is only one of the gobsmackers you'll find. It's just...feh, I have better things to do than to read a book about Victorian England written by someone who won't even do the most basic research.
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