The Moriarty Papers: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes's Great Nemesis, Compiled by Colonel Sebasian Moran (IMM Lifestyle Books) Hardcover – November 1, 2014

set up like a bunch of old noted stuck together (no they won't fall out) it is more like rifling through the Villain's desk or diary. I loved it it was hilarious and detailed. A must for any Sherlock Holmes fan.

I absolutely love this book! Gives us a look into the most amazing Villan and the viewpoint of Sebastian Moran makes it even better! I loved it and it came to me so nicely!

Im not done with the book entirely yet, but it is a rather good one. It feels like you're his assistant, in a way! It's a good book. 10/10 Five stars.

"The Moriarty Papers, compiled by Colonel Sebastian Moran" is a delicious spoof, purporting to be a facsimile of the random documents found after the mysterious disappearance of Moriarty in 1914 and published a year later by Moran in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy. If we're to believe these records, Moriarty controlled Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Irene Adler, and pretty much the entire Metropolitan Police. Oh, and Florence Nightingale. And he was the instigator of just about every mystery investigated by Sherlock Holmes. The diary extracts, letters, photographs, diagrams of his mad inventions, and so forth are ingenious and very funny, as are Moran's laconic comments; they also show a considerable knowledge of the Canon. "The Moriarty Papers" is (are?) great fun.

Cool production, hard to read, fonts very small, distracted style. It's not a story. I don't quite know what it is. More a collection of ephemera. If you're interested in the production elements, go for it. If you're looking for a story, get something else.

I received a copy from NetGalley and this is my honest review. I really loved this look at Holmes' cases through Moriarty's perspective.

Hmm...Professor James Moriarty was a character from Conan Doyle's  Sherlock Holmes  stories, Holmes' arch enemy and described as the "Napoleon of Crime". Holmes claimed to have detected Moriarty's hand behind much of the more significant organised criminal activity in London and indeed England. He's a character that has passed into the canon as a sinister and coldly evil criminal mastermind, despite only ever having "appeared" in two of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories (and those being indirect appearances at that). This book purports to expose the true nature of the man, described by his lieutenant, Colonel Sebastian Moran.I had expected a novel of sorts, and one that stuck reasonably well to Conan Doyle's vision. What arrived was presented more in the way of a scrapbook, with diary entries, sketches, maps, theatre tickets and the like. That in itself would have been no particularly bad thing and the format may provide some amusement, but it does give the book (a small one to be sure) the air of a Christmas stocking novelty (along the lines of those  Monty Python annuals  or the like) rather than a serious book.To compound matters, it does rather spoil the well-developed Holmes-Moriarty brand. Now, I'm no Holmes purist (indeed it's been a few years since I ploughed through my dog-eared, broken-backed compleat Holmes) but I do believe that Conan Doyles' universe has a moderate degree of sanctity. I have no objection at all to modern attempts to add to the richness of the canon, but they must make an attempt to remain faithful to it. To digress slightly, the publicity posters for Guy Richie's recent sequel bear the tagline "Bigger, Better, Funnier" (or something similarly crass). As if Sherlock Holmes is a comedy figure! /That/ concept I cannot bear, and I'm afraid that this book /also/ commits the heinous crime of trying to be funny.So, instead of the calculating, ascetic, icily sane evil genius, Moriarty becomes a deluded, slightly loopy buffoon with a Napoleon complex. His diary entries retcon his shady involvement into ALL of Holmes and Watson's adventures: that was never the case in the original stories and in my opinion the canon is not up for grabs. There are sketches of Moriarty's crime-perpetrating inventions,  Wile E Coyote -esque and annotated with rather immature scribbles such as "secret plan pocket - can also carry pipe tobacco" and childishly defaced photos and sketches of his Baker Street enemy.As a result, I can only conclude that it is a rather misguided attempt to ride the wave of Holmes' recent popular resurgance and, while it may appeal to those who have never read Conan Doyle, I doubt that the result will please many "real" Holmes fans.A /generous/ two stars.

Echt super. Ein Muss für jeden Fan. Sehr kurze Lieferzeit und super qualität. Etwas kleiner als erwartet, jedoch kein Problem.

At first glance this could just be dismissed as a cynical 'cash-in' to co-incide with the release of the latest addition to the Ritchie catalogue of Sherlock Holmes Movies and the BBC production 'Sherlock'. There appears to be a resurgence in interest in Conan Doyle's creation of late - it may be a generational thing because I can remember a similar re-issue of Conan Doyles books after ITV produced the (for me anyway) definitive Holmes series with the sadly missed Jeremy Brett several years ago.However, this has been compiled in an affectionate and thoughtful way, attempting to provide insight into a man who was a thoroughly reprehensible character. Viewed in this way it provided an entertaining read. The author has attempted to mimic the stilted (at times) Victorian english of the original Conan Doyle and generally succeeds.If you hold that any deviation from Conan Doyle's original narrative should have the author lynched and subject to torture then this probably isn't for you. If you can stand modern authors (even if you think it's a cynical cash -in) attempting to fill in a bit of background then this isn't a bad read. In essence it's no more than was done in the '40's with Rathbone fighting the NAZI's and currently with the BBC bringing the story to modern times.

A nice little book with so many intriguing details. A gem and a must have for Moriarty fans.

Love this book. I've added it to my collection of other Conan Doyle books I have. Lovely binding and looks like an old authentic book. You can just pick it up and read snippets of it.

It is rare to see the minds of the people that Sherlock Holmes was fighting against, but this makes for an eternally interesting story. I must say I can only recommend it!