Issue 36
I am only just coming down to earth after the fun and excitement of the Sherlock Awards which were even better than last year. And while the majoirty of mainstream magazines and newspapers tend to ignore the works of most Sherlockian and crim fiction writers, we shall continue to champion them.
Contents
- I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE
The news and views column - THE FIRST OF CRIMINALS
Kathryn White looks at the many sinister doctors in crime fiction, as well as the real-life examples of medical men who have betrayed their profession - SHERLOCK - THE LATER YEARS
The second part of David Stuart Davies’ look at The Last Vampyre - THE OTHER DETECTIVES
William Nadel sips a few Martinis with Nick Charles and The Thin Men - HOLMES OF THE MOVIES
A review of A Study in Scarlet, starring Reginald Owen - FROM DETECTIVE TO SUPERHERO
Paul M Chapman discovers The Living Shadow - CELEBRATING CRIME
A report from The Sherlock Awards Ceremony for 1999 - SCARLET THREADS
Gaynor Coules is on the trail of the real Natasha Cooper, the pseudonym of Daphne Wright, who is the current Chariman of the Crimer Writers’ Association of Great Britain - THE CASE OF THE ABBEY TREASURE
David Stuart Davies unearths a Jeremy Brett rarity on video tape - CLASSICS REVISITED
In an occasional series looking at classic mystery novels, Sarah Neville writes on Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone - CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS
The Norwood Builder - SEXTON BLAKE AND THE WHITE FAIRY
A brand new detective story by John Hall, with illustrations by Chris Senior - THE INTERVIEW
Veteran film director Roy Ward Baker talks to SHERLOCK magazine - SLEUTHING THE SHELVES
The reviews section, edited by Kathryn White - UNDER THE GASLIGHT
Roger Forsdyke sees if the crime fits the punishment in his regular column on Victorian crime and criminals - TELLY ’TECS
Toby Farnshaw holds a post mortem on Reeves and Mortimer’s Randall and Hopkirk - Deceased - SHERLOCK STATESIDE
Pat Ward with the latest news from America - HOLMES OFF THE CUFF
John Hall gives Sherlock’s school report - GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Mike Ripley wrestles with The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing - SOCIETIES FORUM
Conducted by Roger Johnson with The Dorothy L Sayers Society illuminated by Christine R Simpson - MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS