Victorian Villainy

VICTORIAN VILLAINY: A Collection of Moriarty Stories, by Michael Kurland. Among the world's great fictional villains, Prof. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes's chief nemesis, stands alone. But how evil was he? These four stories suggest that Moriarty wasn't evil at all--and the reason for Holmes's characterization of him as "The Napoleon of Crime" was quite simple: Moriarty was the smarter of the two, and Holmes just couldn't stand it!“Years Ago and in a Different Place” first appeared in My Sherlock Holmes, ed. by Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003. Copyright © 2003, 2011 by Michael Kurland. “Reichenbach” first appeared in Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. by Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006. Copyright © 2006, 2011 by Michael Kurland.“The Paradol Paradox” first appeared in The Infernal Device and Others, by Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2001. Copyright © 2001, 2011 by Michael Kurland.“The Picture of Oscar Wilde” first appeared in The Strand Magazine, issue #XXV, June-Sept., 2008. Copyright © 2008, 2011 by Michael Kurland.