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Christmas Eve, 1890. Thanks to the tireless pursuit of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty's criminal empire stands on a knife edge. Still, three ghostly visitors may yet convince the Napoleon of Crime that his destiny lies in another direction...

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	29 juin 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781780929606
Langue	English

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A Criminal Carol
by
Claire Daines

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First edition published in 2016 by
MX Publishing
335 Princess Park Manor
Royal Drive,
London, N11 3GX
www.mxpublishing.co.uk
Digital edition converted and distributed by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
© Copyright 2016 Claire Daines
The right of Claire Daines to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without express prior written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted except with express prior written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damage.
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The opinions expressed herein belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect those of MX Publishing or Andrews UK Limited.
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Dedication
To Madeline, Charles and Arthur, my partners in crime.

For Whom The Bell Tolls
Christmas Eve, 1890.
Professor James Moriarty seldom visibly lost his temper, but the report he had just received from the Hotel Cosmopolitan seemed an excellent reason to make an exception. Still, morale within the Firm was important, particularly at this time of year; thus he took care to allow the nervous underling to leave his office before slowly crumpling the report into the smallest wad he could manage, picturing himself crushing a certain treacherous agent’s windpipe. James Ryder was going to wish he had never been born.
The Countess of Morcar would never have suspected that her treasured blue carbuncle had been stolen if the maid hadn’t acted too early, forcing Ryder to carry out the theft before the replica was ready. And then the damned fool had hidden the stone inside a goose , of all things! It was enough to drive a man to despair, it really was... and most galling of all, Holmes’s meddling had made it impossible for Moriarty to salvage the operation without openly revealing his hand in the affair. The boy had foiled his plans yet again, and he most likely wasn’t even aware of it!
Frustration safely vented for the moment, Moriarty began to penitently smooth the crumpled sheets back out, although h