Professor Moriarty Series by Michael Kurland

From the twisting alleyways of Constantinople to the teeming streets of London's East End...A spectre is haunting Europe. A man who is both fiend and genius. His name is Trepoff. His creed is anarchy.Abduction, assassination, atrocity mark his path across Europe.The Russians hire Moriarty to track him down. Sherlock Holmes in turn is in pursuit of Moriarty.But fate has one more card to play... moreFrom the twisting alleyways of Constantinople to the teeming streets of London's East End...A spectre is haunting Europe. A man who is both fiend and genius. His name is Trepoff. His creed is anarchy.Abduction, assassination, atrocity mark his path across Europe.The Russians hire Moriarty to track him down. Sherlock Holmes in turn is in pursuit of Moriarty.But fate has one more card to play. The great detective and the Napoleon of crime are thrust into unholy alliance as Trepoff moves into his final and most devastating gambit....THE INFERNAL DEVICE less

"It is 1890 in Victorian England, and a large amount of gold is arriving unannounced in a special vault in the cargo hold of the steamship The Empress of India. The steamship, traveling from Calcutta to London, will bear not only the gold but a detachment of the Highland Lancers to guard it." "Of course, such a shipment cannot help but come to the attention of the less savory elements of society... more"It is 1890 in Victorian England, and a large amount of gold is arriving unannounced in a special vault in the cargo hold of the steamship The Empress of India. The steamship, traveling from Calcutta to London, will bear not only the gold but a detachment of the Highland Lancers to guard it." "Of course, such a shipment cannot help but come to the attention of the less savory elements of society. So the Bank of England hires Sherlock Holmes to use his special skills to thwart any plots against the gold before they are executed, but then Holmes disappears and is feared killed in an unfortunate incident. Professor James Moriarty, his archnemesis, finds himself blamed for Holmes's disappearance and under siege from the authorities. Meanwhile, the mysterious Pin Dok Low of the London underworld assembles a crack team with the goal of doing the impossible - stealing the shipment of gold out from under everyone's noses." Now Moriarty, with the help of his cohort Colonel Moran, agrees to undertake a very different assignment - one that requires him to be on board The Empress of India at the same time as the gold. As the ship makes its way to the safety of the port of London, Moriarty finds himself stuck in the midst of a diabolical plot, one that threatens the life of nearly everyone on board. The gold, it appears, is only the exposed tip of the iceberg, and Moriarty finds himself matching wits with a mind as - or perhaps even more - nimble as his, with his own survival at stake. less