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| title = The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
| original title = Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
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| author = Kim Newman
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| elevator pitch = A collection of short stories in which [[Sherlock Holmes (novel)/Characters#Professor James Moriarty|Professor Moriarty]] interacts with other stories' characters
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| publication date = 2011
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''Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles'' is a short story collection by [[Kim Newman]]. It purports to be the memoirs of Colonel Sebastian Moran, trusted subordinate to [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s favourite criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, from the day of their first meeting to that day of reckoning by the Reichenbach Falls. Moriarty and Moran are presented as a dark mirror of Holmes and his assistant/chronicler Dr Watson, living in similar circumstances and having adventures that echo the detective's famous cases (the title story being an obvious example). As is usual for Kim Newman, the stories feature guest appearances by many other fictional characters (the title story again being an obvious example).
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# A Volume in Vermillion: Colonel Moran takes employment with Professor Moriarty, and Moriarty is approached by a corrupt Mormon elder to deal with [[Literature/Riders Of The Purple Sage|a group of fugitives from their brand of justice]].
# A Shambles in Belgravia: The opera singer Irene Adler hires Moriarty to retrieve a set of photographs depicting her knocking about with [[The Prisoner of Zenda|a certain European nobleman]].
# The Red Planet League: After a prominent astronomer publicly mocks Moriarty's magnus opus, ''The Dynamics of an Asteroid'', declaring that the [[The War of the Worlds (novel)
# The Hound of the D'Urbervilles: The new heir to the estate of the [[Tess of the D'Urbervilles|D'Urbervilles]] is having trouble with uppity peasants and a mysterious and murderous blood-red hound, and hires Moriarty to sort them out.
# The Adventure of the Six Maledictions: Mad Carew, late of Her Majesty's Army, [[Literature/The Green Eye Of The Little Yellow God|stole a holy artifact in Nepal]] and wants Moriarty to save him from the attendant curse. Moriarty's solution begins with seeking out five ''more'' cursed artifacts, including [[Literature/The Jewel Of Seven Stars|The Jewel Of Seven Stars]] and [[The Maltese Falcon]].
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Sir Nevil Airey Stent.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Moriarty himself.
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