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htliang
Mar 03, 2015htliang rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I was expecting more from Anthony Horowitz. This book was just "okay". After Holmes and Moriarty supposedly struggle and fall from Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, a body is found nearby. It appears to be the body of Moriarty. The pocket of the dead man's coat holds a piece of writing from one of Dr. Watson's narratives published in Lippincott's magazine. The variation in upper and lowercase writing turns out to be in code and leads to the trail of an even more evil criminal mastermind. A Scotland Yard detective (Athelney Jones) is called to Switzerland to confirm the identity of Moriarty. Jones met Sherlock Holmes previously and is a devoted follower of his methods. He joins forces with an American Pinkerton Detective Agency investigator (Frederick Chase) who is looking for a criminal kingpin who has recently left America to take up residence in London - the intended recipient of the coded note. I found the book a trifle boring but much more violent than an original Sherlock Holmes story. I couldn't connect with any of the characters. The twist at the end was ludicrous since the story was written in a way that excluded the possibility of that twist (in my humble opinion). There were some interesting segments but overall I found the book to be average.