ANTHONY HOROWITZ
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First published in Great Britain in 2014
by Orion Books,
an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House, 5 Upper Saint Martin’s Lane
London wc2h 9ea
An Hachette Livre UK Company
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Copyright © Anthony Horowitz 2014
The moral right of Anthony Horowitz to be identified as the
author of this work has been asserted in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior
permission of both the copyright owner and the
above publisher of this book.
All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is
available from the British Library.
isbn (Hardback) 978 1 4091 0947 1
isbn (Export Trade Paperback) 978 1 4091 0948 8
isbn (Ebook) 978 1 4091 0949 5
Typeset at The Spartan Press Ltd,
Lymington, Hants
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd,
St Ives plc
The Orion Publishing Group’s policy is to use papers that
are natural, renewable and recyclable products and made
from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and
manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the
environmental regulations of the country of origin.
www.orionbooks.co.uk
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From The Times of London
24th April 1891
HIGHGATE BODY FOUND
Police have no explanation for a peculiarly brutal murder
that has come to light close by Merton Lane in the normally
pleasant and quiet vicinity of Highgate. The deceased, a man
in his twenties, had been shot in the head but of particular
interest to the police was the fact that his hands had been tied
prior to the killing. Inspector G. Lestrade, who is in charge
of the enquiry, inclines to the belief that this dreadful act
took the form of an execution and may be related to recent
unrest in the streets of London. He has identified the victim
as Jonathan Pilgrim, an American who had been staying at
a private club in Mayfair and who may have been visiting
the metropolis for reasons of business. Scotland Yard has
been in contact with the American legation but so far no
address has been found for the dead man and it may be some
weeks before any relatives come forward. The investigation
continues.
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The Reichenbach Falls
Does anyone really believe what happened at the Reichenbach
Fal s? A great many accounts have been written but it seems to
me that all of them have left something to be desired – which
is to say, the truth. Take the Journal de Genève and Reuters, for example. I read them from start to finish, not an easy
task for they’re both written in that painfully dry manner of
most European publications, as if they’re reporting the news
because they have to, not because it’s something they want you
to know. And what exactly did they tell me? That Sherlock
Holmes and his foremost adversary, Professor James Moriarty,
of whose existence the public were only now learning, had
met and that both of them died. Wel , it might as wel have
been an automobile accident for all the excitement those two
author ities managed to put into their prose. Even the headlines
were dull.
But what really puzzles me is the narrative of Dr John
Watson. He describes the entire affair in Strand Magazine ,
starting with the knock on the door of his consulting room
on the evening of April 24th 1891 and continuing with his
journey to Switzerland. I yield to no one in my admiration for
the chronicler of the adventures, exploits, memoirs, casebooks
and so on of the great detective. As I sit at my Remington
Number Two improved model typewriter (an
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First published in Great Britain in 2014
by Orion Books,
an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House, 5 Upper Saint Martin’s Lane
London wc2h 9ea
An Hachette Livre UK Company
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
Copyright © Anthony Horowitz 2014
The moral right of Anthony Horowitz to be identified as the
author of this work has been asserted in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior
permission of both the copyright owner and the
above publisher of this book.
All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is
available from the British Library.
isbn (Hardback) 978 1 4091 0947 1
isbn (Export Trade Paperback) 978 1 4091 0948 8
isbn (Ebook) 978 1 4091 0949 5
Typeset at The Spartan Press Ltd,
Lymington, Hants
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd,
St Ives plc
The Orion Publishing Group’s policy is to use papers that
are natural, renewable and recyclable products and made
from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and
manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the
environmental regulations of the country of origin.
www.orionbooks.co.uk
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11/08/2014 13:12:58
From The Times of London
24th April 1891
HIGHGATE BODY FOUND
Police have no explanation for a peculiarly brutal murder
that has come to light close by Merton Lane in the normally
pleasant and quiet vicinity of Highgate. The deceased, a man
in his twenties, had been shot in the head but of particular
interest to the police was the fact that his hands had been tied
prior to the killing. Inspector G. Lestrade, who is in charge
of the enquiry, inclines to the belief that this dreadful act
took the form of an execution and may be related to recent
unrest in the streets of London. He has identified the victim
as Jonathan Pilgrim, an American who had been staying at
a private club in Mayfair and who may have been visiting
the metropolis for reasons of business. Scotland Yard has
been in contact with the American legation but so far no
address has been found for the dead man and it may be some
weeks before any relatives come forward. The investigation
continues.
1
Moriarty-text-ac.indd 1
11/08/2014 13:14:20
ONE
The Reichenbach Falls
Does anyone really believe what happened at the Reichenbach
Fal s? A great many accounts have been written but it seems to
me that all of them have left something to be desired – which
is to say, the truth. Take the Journal de Genève and Reuters, for example. I read them from start to finish, not an easy
task for they’re both written in that painfully dry manner of
most European publications, as if they’re reporting the news
because they have to, not because it’s something they want you
to know. And what exactly did they tell me? That Sherlock
Holmes and his foremost adversary, Professor James Moriarty,
of whose existence the public were only now learning, had
met and that both of them died. Wel , it might as wel have
been an automobile accident for all the excitement those two
author ities managed to put into their prose. Even the headlines
were dull.
But what really puzzles me is the narrative of Dr John
Watson. He describes the entire affair in Strand Magazine ,
starting with the knock on the door of his consulting room
on the evening of April 24th 1891 and continuing with his
journey to Switzerland. I yield to no one in my admiration for
the chronicler of the adventures, exploits, memoirs, casebooks
and so on of the great detective. As I sit at my Remington
Number Two improved model typewriter (an
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