Author: annacastle

It began as a harmless wager. Who could solve their case first?Professor and Mrs. Moriarty have a few weeks to kill before their theater opens. Happily, two small cases drop in their respective laps. Moriarty has what looks like a scheme to swindle Army veterans out of their discharge pay. Angelina must find a missing servant by winkling her way into a circle of officers’ wives. Neither case … Neither case seems terribly challenging; just enough to provide an agreeable competition.But as soon as they start asking questions, things take an ugly turn. Moriarty discovers an army barracks riddled with corruption. Angelina…

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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…

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“Either my theater is haunted or someone’s trying to drive me into bankruptcy!”Professor Moriarty’s new client is the manager of a West End theater. He’s three weeks away from opening his Chistmas pantomime, the expensive spectacle that pays for the rest of the year. But after months of freak accidents and spooky incidents, the cast and crew are convinced the show is cursed. Worse, he’s out of … Worse, he’s out of money and the rent is due.The Moriartys leap to the rescue. Angelina takes on the leading role and James supplies the needed funds. While she works backstage uncovering…

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When a deadly malfunction at an exhibition of new inventions kills a man, professor James Moriarty comes under the scrutiny of his nemesis, Sherlock Holmes. Now he must solve the crime to clear his name — while unraveling the plot of a beautiful and mysterious woman…

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Spymaster Francis Bacon sends his charming agent, Thomas Clarady, to monitor Puritan radicals at Cambridge. But the case soon leads to murder, with moody poet Christopher Marlowe a suspect… A riveting Elizabethan mystery!

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When a barrister is murdered in England, Francis Bacon and his protégé, Thomas Clarady, must identify the killer among a large list of suspects. “The plot keeps the pages turning… and the well-wrought historical details will make readers want to linger in the 16th century” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

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