Issue 33

Virtually every review I read of Colin Dexter’s last Morse novel, The Remorseful Day, used the phrase "Reichenbach Falls", tying in the death of Morse at the hands of his creator with the death of Sherlock Holmes. It reveals how potent the Holmes legend is today and how he has become one of the greatest icons of this century and a rich reference point...

The death of Morse raises question about other middle-aged detective who, in reality, should be collecting their pension now. But time and death are no barriers to such characaters. Thank goodness. 

Contents

  1. I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE 
    The news and views column
  2. SHERLOCK - THE LATER YEARS 
    Part One of David Stuart Davies’ look at The Master Blackmailer
  3. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
    The Naval Treaty - Part two (continued from the previous issue)
  4. GIANT RATS 
    Toby Earnshaw considers rodent pastiches and the giant rat of Sumatra
  5. CRIME OR CHARACTER? PLOT OR PERSONALITY? 
    Kathryn White reasons which is more important in Sherlock Holmes and in other detective stories
  6. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    Peter Foord cross the channel to track down Maigret
  7. A CLASH OF THE TITANS 
    Paul M Chapman on the connection between Sherlokc Holmes and Jack the Ripper
  8. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES 
    David Stuart Davies reviews The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, starring Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman
  9. SCARLET THREADS 
    Gaynor Coules read Roger Barnard in her regular series on contemporary crime writers
  10. TELLY ’TECS 
    Brian Adrian on the small screen detectives with disabilities
  11. HOLMES OFF THE CUFF 
    John Hall begins a new series on the life of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted from his study Holmes Perceived, published by Calabash Press
  12. THE FESTIVAL DIARY 
    David Stuart Davies reports back from the Sherlock Holmes Festival at which the new Holmes statue was unveiled in Baker Street
  13. THE ADVENTURE OF THE RICHMOND HORROR 
    The concluding part of Denis O Smith’s exciting Sherlock Holmes story
  14. THE INTERVIEW 
    Michael Cox, producer of Granada Television’s Sherlock Holmes series talks to SHERLOCK magazine
  15. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    Kathryn White oversees another bumper selection of books in the reviews pages
  16. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
    Roger Forsdyke goes grave digging in his regular foray into Victorian crime and criminals
  17. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    Pat Ward with the latest news from America
  18. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley salutes the death of Morse, and further probes the "Reichenbach Syndrome", where writers decided to kill off the heroes of their books
  19. SOCIETIES FORUM
    Conducted by Roger Johnson, with Richard Stacpoole-Ryding on The Friends of Doctor Watson
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Issue 33 of Sherlock Holmes - The Detective Magazine