We are trying something new in our story section this issue. The setting of the detective mystery is London in 1940 and the sleuth, private investigator Johnny One-Eye, is taking his bow in this issue.

Believe it or not this is the twenty-first issue of the magazine that I have edited. I suppose now I’ve come of age, I’d better grow up. Here’s to the next twenty-one issues... 

Contents

1. I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE 
   The news and views column
2. BAKER STREET ADDICTIONS 
   Grant Eustace on the weaknesses of the Great Detective
3. SOUND SLEUTHS 
   Jeffrey Richards discusses the third series of his programme the Radio Detectives broadcast on BBC Radio 4 this spring
4. SHERLOCK - THE LATER YEARS 
   David Stuart Davies looks at The Eligible Bachelor, part of Granada’s Holmes series
5. TELLY ’TECS 
   In his investigation into detectives on the small screen, Mike Ripley examines John Hannah’s Inspector Rebus in Black and Blue
6. AN INSPECTOR CALLS 
   Alan Perry examines the changing role of the police inspector in crime fiction
7. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES 
   David Stuart Davies watches The House of Fear starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes
8. FROM DETECTIVE TO SUPERHERO 
   Crime in Gotham City as Paul M Chapman visits Batman
9. HOLMES OFF THE CUFF 
   John Hall continues his speculation about the private life and times of Sherlock Holmes. In this instalment, Holmes’ university years are under scrutiny
10. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
    Roger Forsdyke attempts to pay for stolen goods in his regular slot on Victorian crime and criminals
11. THE INTERVIEW 
    Author of The Irregular Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Ron Weighell, talks to SHERLOCK magazine
12. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    Russell James tangles with tough guy detective Lemmy Caution
13. ONE FOR THE MONET 
    A Johnny One-Eye adventure by David Stuart Davies
14. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The review section, featuring the latest in crime and detective fiction
15. SCARLET THREADS 
    In her regular look at contemporary crime fiction, Gaynor Coules is amused by the novels of Peter Guttridge
16. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    pat Ward with the latest news from America
17. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley examines the image of the convention scene in Great Britain
18. SOCIETIES FORUM 
    Conducted by Roger Johnson with The Antipodean Holmesian Society illuminated by Ted Nye
19. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS