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