Issue 54

Putting a magazine like this together is not an exact science. It relies a great deal on personal taste and instinct. My aim always is to present the reader with a bright mix of articles dealing with Sherlock Holmes and crime fiction. I am lucky to have a fine band of regular contributors who can repsond to my suggestions for features and come up with the goods... 

Contents

  1. DETECTING THE PAST 
    Paul M Chapman on Holmes and History
  2. TELLY ’TECS 
    M J Elliott gives us his Frost report as he analyses David Jason’s TV detective character
  3. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
    Roger Forsdyke on the gold old days
  4. THE OTHER DETECTIVES 
    Robert Sanderson sizes up New York PI Mike Hammer, the creation of Mikey Spillane
  5. WILDER IN BAKER STREET 
    Gavin Collinson’s further thoughts on The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
  6. MURDER HAS MANY MOTIVES 
    The final part of Paul M Chapman’s series on fuctional serial killers
  7. BODY OF EVIDENCE 
    Calum McCleod continues his examination of contemporary crime writers with a look at Robert Crais
  8. THE DISAPPEARING MAN 
    A Merlin and Graces Stweart Mystery by Scott Flinders
  9. THE VOICE OF PASSION 
    David Stuart Davies explains how Conan Doyle’s life influenced his Holmes stories
  10. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The review section edited by Kathryn White
  11. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 
    Mike Ripley asks which bestseller is selling best
  12. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
    Introducing His Last Bow, which was first published in the Strand in September 1917
  13. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    Pat Ward with the latest from the USA
  14. MYSTERY: CAUGHT IN THE WEB 
    Bob Byrne surfs through some mystery Web sites
  15. THE AGONY COLUMN 
    Conventions and society news conducted by Roger Johnson
  16. MORIARTY’S MUTTERINGS
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A bright mix of articles dealing with Sherlock Holmes and crime fiction can be found in issue 54 of SHERLOCK