The seventh issue of ʺSherlock Holmes Mystery Magazineʺ is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. The Dead House, by Bruce Kilstein A Letter from Legrand, by David Ellis An Old-Fashioned Villain, by Nick AndreychukThe Premature Murder, by Michael Mallory The Double, by Janice LawThe Way It Is (novel excerpt), by Carole Buggé A House Divided, by Marc Bilgrey Classic A Scandal in Bohemia, by Arthur Conan Doyle From Watson’s Scrapbook (Editorial), by John H. Watson, M.D. Moriarty’s Mailbag, by Professor Moriarty The Adventures of the Six Napoleons...of Crime, by Lenny Picker C.E. Lawrence—The Darker Half of Carole Buggé (interview) Sherlock’s Big An Interview with Nicholas Briggs, conducted by M J Elliott The Roots of the Psychic Detective in Fiction, by Lee Weinstein
Authors
Janice Law (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author of mystery fiction. The Watergate scandal inspired her to write her first novel, The Big Payoff (1977), which introduced Anna Peters, a street-smart young woman who blackmails her boss, a corrupt oil executive. The novel was a success, winning an Edgar nomination, and Law went on to write eight more in the series, including Death Under Par (1980) and Cross-Check (1997). After Death Under Par, Law set aside the character for several years to write historical mysteries The Countess (1989) and All the King’s Ladies (1986). After concluding the Peters series, she wrote three stand-alone suspense novels: The Night Bus (2000), The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed (2002), and Voices (2003). Since then, Law has focused on writing short stories, many of which appear in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Fires of London (2012) is her most recent novel. She lives and writes in Connecticut.
