Professor & Mrs. Moriarty tackle a case too ticklish for Sherlock Holmes to handle on his own… James and Angelina Moriarty are settling into their new marriage and their fashionable new home — or trying to.Then Sherlock Holmes comes to call with a challenging case. He suspects a prominent Harley Street specialist of committing murders for hire, sending patients home from his private … from his private hospital with deadly doses or fatal conditions. Holmes wants to investigate, but the doctor’s clientele is exclusively female. He needs Angelina’s help.
While Moriarty, Holmes, and Watson explore the many ways a doctor can murder patients with impunity, Angelina poses as a nervous woman seeking treatment from their primary suspect. Then half-truths and angry words drive James and Angelina apart, sending her deep into danger. They must find the courage to trust each other as they race the clock to win justice for the murdered women before they become victims themselves.
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This is a review of the audiobook Moriarty Takes His Medicine (A Professor & Mrs. Moriarty Mystery #2) by Anna Castle and narrated by Jill Smith. I had read the first book in the series but was able to listen to this second book. I enjoyed both the book and the narrator reading the story.
First of my thoughts on the story. It took a while in the book for the suspense to build. At the beginning it was more about the relationship between James and Angelina Moriarty. Once Sherlock Holmes become involved, he does not help that relationship. This is a different perspective on Holmes but one that I think Arthur Conan Doyle always hinted about in his stories. Holmes has a one track mind, rarely thinking of other’s feelings. Anne Castle expands on that thought. Once Angelina makes a decision concerning visiting the “spa” hospital the suspense quickly builds. I was not at all sure of who was guilty and was surprised with a twist near the end. All in all a great story.
Now for the audio version of the story. I have listened to only a few books so far but this narrator was by far the best. I like how Jill Smith emphasized certain words or situations Also she did not sound as if she was the men speaking in the story but how a woman would quote a man in her life. It was like listening to how a friend would share an event to me. I really liked that.
4.5 Stars
I was the winner of an audiobook from the author’s newsletter which I voluntarily chose to listen and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Loved the audiobook version!
The narrator brings the whole story to life with her excellent voices. I was a Sherlock fan and now I’m loving this new look at Professor Moriarty and his feisty wife. Great story and twisty mystery. If you like audiobooks, this one is worth getting.
“A man’s home should be his castle, but this one had been occupied by a superior force.”
The Moriartys have only been married a few months, and already relations are strained. While on the honeymoon, the professor discovered that his mathematical skills gave him quite a talent for gambling. The only problem is, now that their finances are improved, Angelina has decided to become the consummate society hostess by redecorating their large house. With the invasion of the decorators and the drapers and with his opinion constantly demanded on all the various wallpapers, Moriarty can’t get a moment of quiet. He needs an occupation, something to keep out from under Angelina’s fretful feet, but who would hire a man as notorious as he?
Enter Sherlock Holmes. He has a new case, one in which wealthy women have been mysteriously kicking the bucket right after attending a month-long visit to a salubrious sanatorium. The plan is to infiltrate the sanatorium to discover what dark deeds lie behind its walls. But although Holmes has a penchant for disguises, he can hardly dress up as a convincingly female patient. The pretentious detective convinces Angelina to do just that, but when matters go desperately awry, it turns out that Moriarty might have just found an occupation after all…saving his wife from a grisly fate!
This book was even better than the first one in the series. Moriarty and Angelina have new struggles to contend with as they decide how to relate with each other in their new state of domestic hostility. We see a good deal more of the inimitable Holmes, and while he’s not exactly chummy with Moriarty, the two have arranged a prickly truce. The page-turning plot had just the right amount of suspense and danger. I’m hooked on this series now and can’t wait to start the next one!