The first issue of 1999, and a new detective rings in the new year. A L Blake’s creation Luther Darke makes his debut alongside the usual features and articles...

Contents

1. I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE 
   Our news and views column
2. THE LONG SHADOW OF MORIARTY 
   The master villains of pre-war crime fiction by Paul M Chapman
3. A STUDY IN CELLULOID 
   Part fifteen of Michael Cox’s behind-the-scenes story of Granada Televisions’ Sherlock Holmes series
4. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
   Our special correspondent, Pat Wardm reports on the American crime fiction scene
5. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
   The Crooked Man
6. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
   Martin Edwards investigates the irrascible Dalziel and Pascoe
7. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES 
   The Woman in Green reviewed by David Stuart Davies
8. THE 1998 SHERLOCKS 
   A preview of the first ever ’Sherlock’ awards, to be presented by Julian Rathbone
9. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS 
10. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
    Roger Forsdyke investigates Victorian crime and criminals in his regular series
11. THE CURZON STREET CONUNDRUM 
    A L Blake delvies into the Darke Chronicles
12. WHAT’S NEW SHERLOCK? 
    The reviews section
13. SCARLET THREADS 
    Gaynor Coules visits the violent contemporary crime fiction world of Spenser
14. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley considers serial killers and the Luck of the Irish
15. JOTTINGS FROM WATSON’S JOURNAL 
    John Hall continues to look at the life and character of Doctor John H Watson
16. SOCIETIES FORUM 
    Conducted by Roger Johnson with Mciahel Ross on the Sydney Passengers
17. PLAYING SHERLOCK
    News of a new Sherlockian drama