"Some of literature's greatest supervillains have also become its most intriguing antiheroes--Dracula, Hannibal Lecter, Lord Voldemort, and Norman Bates--figures that capture our imagination. Perhaps the greatest of these is Professor James Moriarty. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Professor Moriarty is the perfect foil to the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, whose crime-solving acumen could only be as brilliant as Moriarty's cunning. While "the Napoleon of crime" appeared in only two of Conan Doyle's original stories, Moriarty's enigma is finally revealed in this diverse anthology of thirty-seven new Moriarty stories, reimagined and retold by leading crime writers such as Martin Edwards, Jürgen Ehlers, Barbara Nadel, L.C. Tyler, Michael Gregorio, Alison Joseph and Peter Guttridge. In these intelligent, compelling stories--some frightening and others humorous--Moriarty is brought back vividly to new life, not simply as an incarnation of pure evil but also as a fallible human being with personality, motivations, and subtle shades of humanity"--Back cover.

Moriarty and the two-body problem / Alison Joseph -- A good mind's fate / Alexandra Townsend -- Everything flows and nothing stays / John Soanes -- A scandalous calculation / Catherine Lundoff -- Dynamics of an asteroid / Lavie Tidhar -- The importance of Porlock / Amy Myers -- How the professor taught a lesson to the Gnoles / Josh Reynolds -- The swimming lesson / Priscilla Masters -- The malady of the mind doctor / Howard Halstead -- Obsession / Russel D. McLean -- The box / Steve Cavanagh -- Jacques the giant slayer / Vadness de Sade -- Rosenlaui / Conrad Williams -- The protege / Kate Ellis -- A scandal in Arabia / Claude Lalumiere -- The mystery of the missing child / Christine Poulson -- The case of the choleric cotton broker / Martin Edwards -- The last of his kind / Barbara Nadel -- A problem with numbers / David N. Smith and Violet Addison -- The Fulham strangler / Keith Moray -- The adventure of the lost theorem / Julie Novakova -- The last Professor Moriarty story / Andrew Lane -- Quid pro quo / Ashley R. Lister -- The Jamesian conundrum / Jan Edwards -- The Caribbean treaty affair / Jill Braden -- The Copenhagen compound / Thomas S. Roche -- The shape of the skull / Anoushka Havinden -- A function of probability / Mike Chinn -- The perfect crime / G.H. Finn -- As falls Reichenbach, so falls Reichenbach Falls / Alvaro Zinos-Amaro -- A certain notoriety / David Stuart Davies -- Fade to black / Michael Gregorio -- The skeleton of contention / Rhys Hughes -- The fifth Browning / Jurgen Ehlers -- The Modjeska Waltz / Rose Biggin -- Moriarty's luck / L.C Tyler -- The death or Moriarty / Peter Guttridge.