Issue 41
This is quite a year of anniversaries. We celebrate the centenary of the publication of The Hound of the Baskervilles. In recognition of this, the issue has several features focusing on different aspects of this well-loved book.
Indeed we have other Hound treats planned though the year. Another anniversary to celebrate, one that is dear to my heart, concerns this magazine. Later in the year we shall be ten years old. We raise our glasses to the many splendid contributors who over the years have helped this publication to sparkle and develop...
Contents
- THE SHERLOCKS 2000
News of the winners for this year’s coveted crime fiction awards - I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE
The news and views column - REMEMBERING MICHAEL
An appreciation of the actor Michael Williams by Clive Merrison - READING BEHIND THE LEGEND
Paul M Chapman explores the literary aspects of The Hound of the Baskervilles - MYSTERY: CAUGHT IN THE NET
Bob Byrne surfs the Web for more interesting sites - PICK OF THE POIROTS
Jared Cade’s choice this issue is The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Three Gables - READING THE ENTRAILS
Barry Forshaw considers the past, present and future of crime fiction - LEAVE IN THE POETRY WATSON
Bert Coules on Conan Doyle as a wordsmith - TELLY ’TECS
Alan Perry endeavours to analyse the appeal of Inspector Morse - HOUND OF THE MOVIES
The first part of David Stuart Davies - GLIMPSES BEHIND THE MASK
Bert Coules critiques Matt Frewer’s performance of Sherlock Holmes - DAMSEL IN THIS DRESS
A Johnny One-Eye Adventure by David Stuart Davies - CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS
Charles Augustus Milverton was first published in The Strand Magazine in April 1904 - THE OTHER DETECTIVES
Phillip L Scowcroft champions Inspector Gabriel Hanaud, the creation of French author A W Mason - UNDER THE GASLIGHT
Roger Forsdyke administers his own health care in his regular look at Victorian life - SLEUTHING THE SHELVES
the review section edited by Kathryn White - HOLMES OFF THE CUFF
John Hall on Holmes’ early employment - SHERLOCK STATESIDE
Pat Ward with the latest news from the USA - SCARLET THREADS
Gaynor Coules finds the contemporary crime write Michelle Spring and education - GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Mike Ripley on bestsellers and old favourites - SOCIETIES FORUM
Conducted by Roger Johnson with The Sherlock Holmes Society of London illuminated by Tony Howlett - MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS