

While Jones successfully stops the takeover, he is sadly murdered immediately after arresting the criminal by Chase, who is revealed to be a disguised Moriarty. Jones is shown to have come to idolize Holmes since the Sholto case, and has adopted his methods in an attempt to improve as a detective. He works with a Pinkerton's agent named Fredrick Chase to prevent an American criminal mastermind from taking over the criminal network left behind by the death of Professor Moriarty. Jones makes absolutely no progress on the case, and ignores most of Sherlock Holmes's advice, instead wasting his time following his own erroneous theories.Īppearances in other media Moriarty (book)Īthelney Jones is a main character in Moriarty, a 2014 novel by Anthony Horowitz. He is portrayed as somewhat pompous and buffoonish, and completely incompetent. Jones heads the official investigation into Bartholomew Sholto's death.

2.3 "The Adventure of the Magical Menagerie".2.2 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (radio series).
