If my postbag is any indication, it seems that we have the thumbs up from readers four our newly designed version of your favourite magazine. Our story in this issue features one of the 19th Century’s shrewdest policemen: Sergeant Crubb. 

I was delighted when the successful and respected crimes writer Peter Lovesy kindly agreed to write a new Cribb yarn especially for this issue. It’s the first one for twenty-six years. This issue also includes a piece by Natasha Cooper - a fine novelist and one of the SHERLOCK Award judges - on the writings of Margery Allingham and her creation Campion.

Contents

1. AN ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES 
   Paul M Chapman’s study of the friendship between Holmes and Watson
2. VICTORIAN VILLIANIES 
   Calum McLeod studies the work of author Anne Perry 
3. FURTHERING THE ADVENTURES OF HOLMES 
   David Stuart Davies welcomes the returne of the Great Detective to radio
4. PREY FOR YOUR LIFE 
   Mark Palmer surveys the novels of John Sandford 
5. TRACING THE FOOTPRINTS 
   Phil Rickman on the scent of the Hound of the Baskervilles
6. THE GOLDEN AGE OF FICTION 
   David Stuart Davies on the first Ungreat Detective
7. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS 
   The Illustrious Client
8. CELEBRATING MARGERY ALLINGHAM 
   Natasha Cooper on the author of Campion and Co 
9. UNDER THE GASLIGHT 
   Roger Forsdyke goes on the streets to explore the murkier side of Victorian life
10. RAZOR BILL 
    A new Sergeant Cribb story by Peter Lovesey
11. THE SURVIVING SIX 
    Gavin Collinson discusses the new Cushing DVDs
12. RE-IMAGINING HOLMES 
    M J Elliot interviews our very own David Stuart Davies about his new Holmes novel "The Veiled Detective"
13. SLEUTHING THE SHELVES 
    The review section, edited by Kathryn White
14. COLLECTION CRIME FICTION 
    Martine Edwards is brought to book
15. SHERLOCK STATESIDE 
    Pat Ward gives us the USA lowdown
16. NEWSDESK
    Incorporating M J Elliot’s DVD Calendar and Bob Byrne’s Mystery: Caught in the Net