Professor James Moriarty has but one desire left in his shattered life: to stop the man who ruined him from harming anyone else. Then he meets Angelina Gould and his world turns upside down.At the International Exhibition, an exploding steam engine kills a man. When Moriarty tries to figure out what happened, he comes up against Sherlock Holmes, sent to investigate by Moriarty’s old enemy. Holmes … enemy. Holmes collects evidence that points at Moriarty, who realizes he must either solve the crime or swing it for it himself. He soon uncovers trouble among the board members of the engine company and its unscrupulous promoter. Moriarty tries to untangle those relationships, but everywhere he turns, he meets the alluring Angelina. She’s playing some game, but what’s her goal? And whose side is she on?
Between them, Holmes and Angelina push Moriarty to his limits — and beyond. He’ll have to lose himself to save his life and win the woman he loves.
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Professor Moriarity is painted in a positive light in this first book of the series while Sherlock Holmes plays the villain (and something of a pedantic buffoon). The third character of note is Angelina Gould (at least that’s one of her aliases). Angelina’s brother Sebastian is being blackmailed, and he asks for Angelina’s help in recovering the letters that prove his culpability. This quest leads to multiple ramifications, including murder, discovery of corruption, and the involvement of Sherlock Holmes. At the same time, the staid and straight-laced James Moriarity is thown together with and develops romantic feelings for Angelina. Some of the scenes are comedies of errors, while some are tragic. This is an intriguing and well written book.
An interesting entry in the Sherlock Holmes canon. Until now, we have never known what beef Moriarity had with Holmes; this kind of humanizes him.
Love it, want more.
Moriarty has always been an enigma to me. This was a fun retelling.
Great new side of the Sherlock Holmes story.
It is an interesting take on the Sherlock Holmes story, detailing how Moriarty goes from being a rather moral person into something a little bit shady and this arc seems to be rather bent downward under the influence of the woman that he falls in love with. Sherlock is portrayed as overzealous and seems to be pushing Moriarty without cause initially, mostly because it feeds his misconceptions. Interesting take and provides both men with . . . I’m not going to ruin it for you. There are a few mature scenes, so with that warning, enjoy the rest of it.
Easy read, well written
Loved the plot.
it held my interest but was predictable
very well done
Author took too long to finish introducing the characters and moving the plot along.
Great story with interesting twists. Sorry it ended!
I enjoyed this twist on the Sherlock Holmes stories. We get to see Moriarty in new and different ways. We get a good idea of England’s underbelly along the way. This is certainly a good start to a series. I look forward to reading book 2.
engaging
A different twist.
As a fan of Sherlock Holmes, I thoroughly enjoyed this read!
For those of us who are used to seeing Professor Moriarty as the evil arch-villain of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, Anna Castle’s unexpected recasting of the brilliant but reclusive professor as a romantic hero was a pleasant surprise. Add in the presence of a very traditional Sherlock Holmes with the ever helpful Watson and a spunky, liberated, not quite wholesome Mrs. Gould as a romantic heroine, set the piece in a science savvy 19th century and throw in a handful of completely immoral British upper crust villains to provide a foil for both Moriarty and the somewhat reluctant Holmes and Castle’s story was one that pulled me in as few stories have.
I LOVED this story and Jill Smith’s mellifluous voice and enthusiastic style of narration just made it better.
If you’re a Holmes fan, or even if you aren’t, this is a story you shouldn’t miss.
Delightful. Clever, exciting, even sexy at times. It even made math sound sexy, and that’s quite an accomplishment in my opinion! Kept me on my toes. Feels like a fully realized world in a way that came across as effortless but that I know was a lot of work for the author. I loved seeing Sherlock Holmes from the outside and in an unflattering light. A shining example of what an indie book can be.
Reading “Moriarty Lifts the Veil” sent me right back to the first book in the series. “Moriarty Meets his Match” is a great first read showing you the characters of the main people involved. An intriguing take on the original personage of Moriarty by Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes not being infallible after all. I liked the concept and was gripped until the last page was read. This series will be a definite asset to the bookshelf.
Moriarty Meets His Match (A Professor & Mrs. Moriarty Mystery, #1), my first highly enjoyable read from author Anna Castle, An author I’d wanted to read for some time yet never got around to. A different look at Sherlock Holmes & Professor Moriarty . All I can say is WOW! December seemed to be my month for new authors, January continued the trend, and now February. A well written, entertaining read, with intriguing, well-developed characters. Slow to start but when it took off I couldn’t turn pages fast enough. Jill Smith”s outstanding narration added greatly to a good book’s enjoyment. “I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.” I look forward to reading more from this author. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 – July 24, 2018).