Michael Kurland es célebre por sus novelas protagonizadas por el Profesor Moriarty y ha sido autor de extensa obra de no ficción sobre una amplia gama de temas. Su escritura demuestra una profunda perspicacia y una gran amplitud de miras, ofreciendo a los lectores experiencias atractivas e informativas. Las obras de Kurland, reconocidas dos veces como finalistas del Premio Edgar, ponen de relieve su maestría en la narrativa y su habilidad para cautivar al público con tramas intrincadas y personajes convincentes.
Surveys radio signals, UFO sightings, and alien abductions while pondering the probability of life on other planets and exploring the depiction of aliens in popular culture
When a large shipment of gold disappears en route to England, Sherlock Holme, knows that only one man is clever enough to pull off such an outlandish and theoretically impossible crime: Professor James Moriarty. Moriarty, however, had nothing to do with the crime, but to regain his peace he undertakes to locate the missing gold...
Benjamin Barnett and his wife, the former Cecily Perrine are travelling in Europe when they realize that they have become objects of scrutiny from persons unknown. Using his contacts, friends, and the not-so-desired help of his often nemesis Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty must save his friends and outwit his most cunning opponent.
Moriarty is awaiting trial for murder when Queen Victoria's grandson mysteriously disappears. In exchange for his release and the murder charges (of which he's innocent) being dropped, the so-called Napoleon of Crime must track down the missing prince and find out who is behind his disappearance and the brutal murders left in his wake.
Greenwich Village was a model of decorum compared to what went down when the BLIP hit the cosmic fa - and scattered all time, space and sanity to the fourteen dimensions. Mike and Chester - fearless hippy explorers of a thousand incredible worlds - find that even their legency powers are dwarfed by... - The most beautiful girl in the universe. - The fire snorting dragonettes. - The magic hash pipe. - The last unicorn. - The mean metal tanks. - The assorts freaks and fuzz.
Counter-intelligence agent Jacob Welker is on a special mission to find a group of scientists who could change the course of World War II in this smartly written historical espionage thriller. September 1939. Germany has declared war on Poland, and in German Pomerania, Professor Josef Brun is on the run from the SS, carrying secret documents that could change the course of the war. If he can make it to France or Britain. If he can survive . . . In America, counter-intelligence agent Captain Jacob Welker is handed a special assignment from President Roosevelt. Einstein believes the Nazis are aware of a new super weapon made possible by advances in atomic science, and only a small group of scientists can stop them winning the race to develop it. Enlisting the help of his British friends, Lord Geoffrey and Patricia Saboy, Welker must find the scientists and get them out of Germany from under the Nazi's noses. As a dangerous new world of physics gathers pace, can Welker prevent the war taking a catastrophic new turn?
In a tangled web of mystery, Two-Headed Mary, a philanthropic panhandler with multiple identities, has vanished alongside the missing Billie Trask from a Broadway show. Their disappearance coincides with the murder of Lydia Laurent, a performer found dead in Central Park. As the police struggle to solve the case, New York World columnist Alexander Brass and his optimistic partner Morgan DeWitt take on the investigation, uncovering a complex narrative filled with deception and hidden identities in 1935 New York City.
When American journalist Benjamin Barrett is sent to Constantinople to report on the sea trials of a new submarine, the assignment soon becomes more eventful than he had predicted, particularly after rescuing a certain professor from an attack...
Blue blood is flowing in London as a killer slits the throats of the cream of England's aristocracy. Naturally Scotland Yard enlists the great Sherlock Holmes himself. Only when this ultimate weapon of the law failed to stem the deaths are they forced to play a last desperate card - Professor James Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime.
A witty and atmospheric 1930s New York mystery series, following the adventures of Morgan DeWitt and his mentor, columnist extraordinaire, Alexander Brass Nefarious doings among movers and shakers in Depression-era New York City animate a lively chase for a story-and a murderer-for newspaper nightclub columnist Alexander Brass. It all begins when a furtive tipster promises an explosive story and gives Brass an envelope filled with photographs of several powerful people caught in compromising sexual positions. Intrigued, Brass sends a newspaper stringer to follow the mystery man. When the stringer is murdered, Brass and his team resolve to find the killer, running the gauntlet of blackmailing Nazis, accommodating nymphomaniacs and US senators on the way.