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

  1. I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE 
    The news and views column
  2. 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
  3. SHERLOCK - THE LATER YEARS 
    The second part of David Stuart Davies’ look at The Last Vampyre
  4. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    William Nadel sips a few Martinis with Nick Charles and The Thin Men
  5. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES 
    A review of A Study in Scarlet, starring Reginald Owen
  6. FROM DETECTIVE TO SUPERHERO 
    Paul M Chapman discovers The Living Shadow
  7. CELEBRATING CRIME 
    A report from The Sherlock Awards Ceremony for 1999
  8. 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
  9. THE CASE OF THE ABBEY TREASURE 
    David Stuart Davies unearths a Jeremy Brett rarity on video tape
  10. CLASSICS REVISITED 
    In an occasional series looking at classic mystery novels, Sarah Neville writes on Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone
  11. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
    The Norwood Builder
  12. SEXTON BLAKE AND THE WHITE FAIRY 
    A brand new detective story by John Hall, with illustrations by Chris Senior
  13. THE INTERVIEW 
    Veteran film director Roy Ward Baker talks to SHERLOCK magazine
  14. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The reviews section, edited by Kathryn White
  15. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
    Roger Forsdyke sees if the crime fits the punishment in his regular column on Victorian crime and criminals
  16. TELLY ’TECS 
    Toby Farnshaw holds a post mortem on Reeves and Mortimer’s Randall and Hopkirk - Deceased
  17. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    Pat Ward with the latest news from America
  18. HOLMES OFF THE CUFF 
    John Hall gives Sherlock’s school report
  19. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley wrestles with The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
  20. SOCIETIES FORUM
    Conducted by Roger Johnson with The Dorothy L Sayers Society illuminated by Christine R Simpson
  21. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS
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Issue 36 of Sherlock Holmes - The Detective Magazine