Sentences with phrase «devious plot»

Holmes» skills are put to the test as he's tasked with stopping the latest devious plot of the only man whose talents rival his own — Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris).

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If you like fast - paced action, devious plot twists, and criminal mischief, you'll love the fifth novel in the Travelers series.

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Although their devious plots varied, all were psychopaths obsessed with seizing commercial opportunity through violent means — and most treated employees abysmally.

Fayose prayed that the judiciary would not succumb to devious plots to undermine its independence and integrity and rubbish its good name and hard - earned reputation any more.

Story wise the main evil villain is Brainiac, his devious plot threatens the whole world and of course the caped crusader and his 150 pals (playable characters) fight each other and him to save the world.

Having turned Jared Harris into Sherlock Holmes» ultimate nemesis, Professor Moriarty, in A Game Of Shadows, we can only imagine the devious plots Guy Ritchie will set him to cooking up in his latest, The Man From U.N.C.L.E..

WHAT IT»S ABOUT To briefly catch up, the Dome that sits over Chester's Mill has literally hatched an egg — which Julia (Rachelle Lefevre) dropped into a lake last season, prompting a Dome reaction: Just as Big Jim (Dean Norris) is about to hang «Barbie» (Mike Vogel)-- part of his devious plot to take control of the town — the lights literally go up.

Satire runs throughout the whole film with hard - hitting critiques of politicians» devious plots to get reelected, as well as parodies including a great take on the popular Internet meme «Hitler's Downfall».

However, when an horrendous murder with macabre results occurs, Grace puts on her inspector's hat and tries to uncover the devious plot.

Add to all of that Amber's devious plot to steal away Daphne's husband (with some twists that I can not mention, since that would be giving away major plot spoilers), and, here too, the authors grab the reader with just the right amount of suspense to turn this into a real psychological thriller, but it is also not overly heavy or dark, making it all the more readable.

Loki and Ultron have teamed up with a devious plot to cause the heroes to toil away in battle while they lay waste to the world (or worse).

He described the AGO's four discussion papers on emissions trading as «Mein Kampf declarations» and has railed against the Kyoto Protocol as a devious plot by European bureaucrats to seize control of the Australian economy.

Previous stories offered up head - scratching spin on the school shooting at Sandy Hook (which Jones states was a false flag operation carried out by government operatives) and a train wreck carrying dozens of Republican congressmen (which Jones attempts to spin into a devious plot by democrats to kill congressional rivals).

At the same time, the Messenger Kids is a devious plot to get an entire generation of users hooked on the miracles of Facebook.