We’re trying something new in this issue. Our fiction is a new story "No Files on Frank" by respected British crime writer, Danuta Reah. It is a darkly comic piece which involves murder and mayhem but does not, as is usual in our stories, feature a detective.

By the time you read this, you will have seen the new Sherlock Holmes film staring Rupert Everett and Ian Hart, show on the BBC. Unfortunately, it seems that the Sherlock project involving Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie now stands little chance of getting off the ground. If it does see the light of day, rest assured that SHERLOCK will be there reporting on events. In the meantime, read the latest developments in this issue.

Contents

1. DEATH AND THE DETECTIVE 
   Paul M Chapman discusses the matter of murder
2. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
   Roger Forsdyke plays safe in his regular look at Victorian crime and criminals
3. ROSEMARY AND THYME
   Rebecca Tope takes the lady sleuths from the small screen to the bookshelf
4. SHE WOULD DO IT AGAIN 
   An interview with Inga Swenson conducted by Barbara Roisman
5. LAUGHING BOY 
   Calum McLeod is entertained by crime fiction author Stuart Pawson
6. MORIARTY OF THE MOVIES 
   Another instalment of David Stuart Davies’ investigation of Holmes’ arch rival
7. NIGHT STALKING 
   M J Elliott investigates Kolchak, the supernatural detective
8. MY FAVOURITE DETECTIVE 
   Famous crime writers choose theirs
9. THE IRONY OF MURDER 
   Martin Edwards investigates the bloody deed
10. NO FLIES ON FRANK 
    A new, unusually detective-less, story by Danuta Reah
11. THE GOLDEN AGE OF CRIME 
    Alan Perry meets H C Bailey’s creation, Mr Fortune
12. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
    A synopsis of "The Retired Colourman"
13. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    Our regular round-up of new detective fiction
14. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 
    David Stuart Davies considers Sherlock Holmes and the use of disguise
15. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    Pat Ward with another helping of gossip from over the pond
16. JOHNSON’S JOTTINGS 
    Roger writes about the detective fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson
17. END PIECES 
    Incorporating Bob Byrne’s Mystery on the Web, and M J Elliot’s DVD Calendar
18. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS 
    More moans from Moriarty