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** In ''The Great Game'', amongst the sinister figures following Benjamin is a fat man named Gottfried Kasper and his obsequious sidekick Ugarti, clearly intended as versions of [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 Casper Gutman and Joel Cairo]] (with the Cairo character named after Creator/PeterLorre's character in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', Ugarte).
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* NotSoDifferent: ''The Infernal Device'' makes this point about Holmes and Moriarty: by and large, they're the same person on different sides of the law. That being said, the novels represent Moriarty as a more stable personality than Holmes.
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* NotSoDifferent: MirrorCharacter: ''The Infernal Device'' makes this point about Holmes and Moriarty: by and large, they're the same person on different sides of the law. That being said, the novels represent Moriarty as a more stable personality than Holmes.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: In ''Death by Gaslight'', the members of the Hellfire Club carry tokens that read DCLXVI. Professor Moriarty helpfully reads from Revelation 13.
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* PerspectiveFlip: Moriarty is portrayed as a long-suffering antihero/hero who patiently endures Holmes' delusions about the extent of his "criminal empire".
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''The Infernal Device'' is a 1978 novel by Creator/MichaelKurland featuring Franchise/SherlockHolmes' nemesis Professor Moriarty as an AntiHero. It was nominated for an Edgar award.
It has four sequels: ''Death by Gaslight'' (1982), ''The Great Game'' (2001), ''The Empress of India'' (2006), and ''Who Thinks Evil'' (2014).
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AmnesiacLiar: In ''The Empress of India'', [[spoiler:Sherlock Holmes]] manages to do it to himself. He has a secret identity as [[spoiler:a criminal, as a way of keeping an eye on the criminal underworld]]. When he suffers a TapOnTheHead and wakes up in this lair, he deduces that this is his true identity, and proceeds to become [[spoiler:a successful criminal]].
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Moriarty, to no one's great surprise.
** Cecily Perrine.
** In ''The Empress of India'', Margaret St. Yves and Peter Collins bond over their mutual snark.
* DefectiveDetective: Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as rather more defective than in the original series, especially when it comes to analyzing matters involving Prof. Moriarty himself.
* DemotedToExtra: The Barnetts after ''The Great Game''.
* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Count D'Hiver]] in ''Death by Gaslight''.
* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Early in ''The Great Game'', we meet a pawnbroker and moneylender who complains about being constantly on the receiving end of antisemitism. Except that he isn't Jewish...
* {{Expy}}: Moriarty for Holmes, Benjamin Barnett for Watson, Cecily Perrine for Mary Morstan, and the Mendicants for the Baker Street Irregulars. Moriarty also has his own version of Irene Adler.
* HypocriticalHumor: Moriarty, sneering at Holmes' DefectiveDetective personality, remarks that Holmes has remained a bachelor. Cue Barnett pointing out that so has Moriarty. The good professor has to concede the point.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Although Moriarty doesn't work for free, he's also not committing crimes ForTheEvulz, either, and some of his activities are intended to help right ''other'' crimes that the law doesn't touch.
* LawOfInverseFertility: The Barnetts want children, but as of ''The Great Game'', Cecily has had two miscarriages. By the time of ''Who Thinks Evil'', set several years later, they're still childless.
* MasterOfDisguise: Moriarty. Holmes' efforts in this respect become a RunningGag.
* NotSoDifferent: ''The Infernal Device'' makes this point about Holmes and Moriarty: by and large, they're the same person on different sides of the law. That being said, the novels represent Moriarty as a more stable personality than Holmes.
* OneLetterName: Moriarty's housekeeper, Mrs. H.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Moriarty and Holmes wind up working together in every novel, but Holmes' opinion of Moriarty at the end always remains unchanged.
* ServileSnarker:
** Moriarty's servants Mr. Maws and Mummer Tolliver.
** Djuna in ''The Empress of India''.
* ShoutOut:
** In ''The Empress of India'', Moriarty is assaulted by [[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} a man named Plum wielding a lead pipe]].
** The series in general avoids WholePlotReference, but ''The Empress of India'' does the equivalent of "[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Adventure of the Six Napoleons]]" from the criminal's point of view.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Holmes is the private version of this in the Moriarty novels. Lestrade averts the trope, as he usually rolls his eyes whenever Holmes goes off on a Moriarty tangent.
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:Chardino]] in ''Death by Gaslight''. Lampshaded by Moriarty, who thinks that the best road to justice would be allowing the killer to keep going, and who also [[spoiler:doesn't stop Chardino from setting off a bomb that kills twenty-six more people at the end]]. Even Holmes has to agree.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Several times with Holmes and Moriarty.
* VillainProtagonist: Deconstructed. Moriarty is a crook when the need arises, but he's as honorable as Holmes.
* WorthyOpponent: Holmes sees Moriarty this way. Moriarty usually doesn't return the compliment, although he does express genuine admiration for Holmes' skill in ''The Great Game''.
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It has four sequels: ''Death by Gaslight'' (1982), ''The Great Game'' (2001), ''The Empress of India'' (2006), and ''Who Thinks Evil'' (2014).
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AmnesiacLiar: In ''The Empress of India'', [[spoiler:Sherlock Holmes]] manages to do it to himself. He has a secret identity as [[spoiler:a criminal, as a way of keeping an eye on the criminal underworld]]. When he suffers a TapOnTheHead and wakes up in this lair, he deduces that this is his true identity, and proceeds to become [[spoiler:a successful criminal]].
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Moriarty, to no one's great surprise.
** Cecily Perrine.
** In ''The Empress of India'', Margaret St. Yves and Peter Collins bond over their mutual snark.
* DefectiveDetective: Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as rather more defective than in the original series, especially when it comes to analyzing matters involving Prof. Moriarty himself.
* DemotedToExtra: The Barnetts after ''The Great Game''.
* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Count D'Hiver]] in ''Death by Gaslight''.
* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Early in ''The Great Game'', we meet a pawnbroker and moneylender who complains about being constantly on the receiving end of antisemitism. Except that he isn't Jewish...
* {{Expy}}: Moriarty for Holmes, Benjamin Barnett for Watson, Cecily Perrine for Mary Morstan, and the Mendicants for the Baker Street Irregulars. Moriarty also has his own version of Irene Adler.
* HypocriticalHumor: Moriarty, sneering at Holmes' DefectiveDetective personality, remarks that Holmes has remained a bachelor. Cue Barnett pointing out that so has Moriarty. The good professor has to concede the point.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Although Moriarty doesn't work for free, he's also not committing crimes ForTheEvulz, either, and some of his activities are intended to help right ''other'' crimes that the law doesn't touch.
* LawOfInverseFertility: The Barnetts want children, but as of ''The Great Game'', Cecily has had two miscarriages. By the time of ''Who Thinks Evil'', set several years later, they're still childless.
* MasterOfDisguise: Moriarty. Holmes' efforts in this respect become a RunningGag.
* NotSoDifferent: ''The Infernal Device'' makes this point about Holmes and Moriarty: by and large, they're the same person on different sides of the law. That being said, the novels represent Moriarty as a more stable personality than Holmes.
* OneLetterName: Moriarty's housekeeper, Mrs. H.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Moriarty and Holmes wind up working together in every novel, but Holmes' opinion of Moriarty at the end always remains unchanged.
* ServileSnarker:
** Moriarty's servants Mr. Maws and Mummer Tolliver.
** Djuna in ''The Empress of India''.
* ShoutOut:
** In ''The Empress of India'', Moriarty is assaulted by [[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} a man named Plum wielding a lead pipe]].
** The series in general avoids WholePlotReference, but ''The Empress of India'' does the equivalent of "[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Adventure of the Six Napoleons]]" from the criminal's point of view.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Holmes is the private version of this in the Moriarty novels. Lestrade averts the trope, as he usually rolls his eyes whenever Holmes goes off on a Moriarty tangent.
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:Chardino]] in ''Death by Gaslight''. Lampshaded by Moriarty, who thinks that the best road to justice would be allowing the killer to keep going, and who also [[spoiler:doesn't stop Chardino from setting off a bomb that kills twenty-six more people at the end]]. Even Holmes has to agree.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Several times with Holmes and Moriarty.
* VillainProtagonist: Deconstructed. Moriarty is a crook when the need arises, but he's as honorable as Holmes.
* WorthyOpponent: Holmes sees Moriarty this way. Moriarty usually doesn't return the compliment, although he does express genuine admiration for Holmes' skill in ''The Great Game''.
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