Issue 52

I had the greatest fun putting together one of the features for this issue. With the Christmas holidays imminent and the dark nights already in ecidence, I tend to read more, and often I make a long arm and pick up a Sherlock Holmes collection for a comfort read. 

Inevitably I plump for one of my favourite tales, such as The Blue Carbuncle, A Scandal in Bohemia or The Read-Headed League. I wondered which stories others considered to be their favourite. With this in mind, I approached seven writers and asked if they would choose their favourite Holmes tale and explain their choice. Without exception, they all readily agreed. The results can be seen on page ten in this issue.

Contents

  1. AUNTIE’S BIG DOG 
    Gavin Collinson previews the BBC’s new Hound of the Baskervilles film
  2. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
    Introducing The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, first published in The Strand in December 1911
  3. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    Robert Sanderson looks at Chandler’s other detective, Carmady
  4. MY FAVOURITE HOLMES STORY 
    Eight successful crime writers choose
  5. BODY OF EVIDENCE 
    Calum McCleodbrings Barry Maitland to our attention in his regular look at contemporary crime writers
  6. AN INTERVIEW WITH HARLAN COBEN 
    Mark Campbell meets the author of the Myron Bolitar series of detective novels
  7. LODGERS AND PSYCHOS 
    Paul M Chapman explores the world of serial killers
  8. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY LODGER 
    A new Sherlock Holmes story by M J Elliott
  9. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The review section, edited by Kathryn White
  10. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
    Roger Forsdyke on true Victorian crime
  11. TELLY ’TECS 
    M J Elliott on Columbo
  12. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley on sexual domination in crime fiction
  13. THE AGONY COLUMN 
    Conducted by Roger Johnson, and incorporating society news
  14. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS
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Seven writers select their favourite Holmes stories and explain their choices in issue 52 of SHERLOCK