Kim Newman, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles

"No crime too small’ was never exactly Moriarty’s slogan, but the criminal genius would apply himself to minor offences if an unusual challenge was presented."

Kim Newman, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles

"Moriarty rarely smiled,and then usually to terrify some poor victim. The first time I heard him laugh, I thought he had been struck by a deadly poison and the stutter escaping through his locked jaws was a death rattle."

Kim Newman, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles