Thursday, March 27, 2025

LONDON MYSTERIES II: Mystery Readers Journal (41:1)

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford
--Samuel Johnson.

Mystery Readers Journal: London Mysteries II (41:1)  is available as a PDF and HardcopyIn this issue you’ll find author essays, reviews, and articles for mysteries set in London

London Mysteries II

Volume 41, No. 1, Spring 2025

London Mysteries II

Buy this back issue! Available in hardcopy or as a downloadable PDF.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

  • The Lost Rivers of London by Aubrey Nye Hamilton
  • London Mysteries and the First Armchair Detective by Ashley Bowden
  • Charlie Chan in London: Beyond Earl Derr Biggers by Rush Glick
  • R. Austin Freeman’s London- Based Detective, Dr. John Thorndyke by Andrew McAleer
  • Mysterious London Walks by Linda Triegel

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

  • A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche? How Hard Could That Be? by J. F. Benedetto
  • London Via Pepys by Ellis Blackwood
  • Why I Write About London by Rhys Bowen
  • There’s a Jumper in the Boot: Writing British Mysteries for an American Audience by Anne Cleeland
  • The Main Stage by Daniel Cole
  • So You Want to Write a London Mystery! by Susan Courtright
  • Sherlock’s London by Leonard Goldberg
  • Robbie’s Wife by Russell Hill
  • Fake It Till You Make It, Then Fake It Some More by Alex Grecian
  • Jason Davey’s London by Winona Kent
  • London Mysteries: History and Crime in the Capital by Anna Sayburn Lane
  • Victorian London: City of Mists, Shadows… and Murder by Patrice McDonough
  • London’s Urban Armada by Melinda Mullet
  • Christie’s Influence on a Victorian-Era Mystery by Neil Plakcy
  • London Ghost Story by Lev Raphael
  • London Calling by Katherine Reay
  • Taking a Bite Out of Food Crime by Jennifer Slee
  • The Big Smoke: A Dirty Crime Muse with Spangled Bangs and a Caustic Heart by Saira Viola
  • A Long Con in London by Cathi Stoler
  • Art, History and Galleries of Beauties at Hampton Court Palace by Nina Wachsman

COLUMNS

  • Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews, by Martin Edwards, Aubrey Nye Hamilton, Lesa Holstine, Kathy Boone Reel, Margaret Morse, L.J. Roberts, Craig Sisterson, Lucinda Surber, Linda Triegel, Kate Derie
  • Children’s Hour: London Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman
  • Crime Seen: View from the London Eye by Kate Derie
  • Creasey’s Cops by Jim Doherty
  • From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph
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We had so many articles and reviews that we divided the material into two issues. Mystery Readers Journal: London Mysteries I (40:4) is still available


If you're a PDF subscriber, you should receive download instructions shortly. Hard copy subscription copies should be received by the end of the weekInternational subscribers will receive their issues within two weeks. 

PDF Contributor copies will go out in the next few days. 
Contributors: Thanks so much for your great articles, essays, and reviews!

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FYI: We had two other themed issues on London in 2011. Both are available as PDFs. 

London Mysteries I: Volume 27:1 (2011) 
 and 
London Mysteries II: Volume 27:2 (2011) 

I know you’ll order them all in order to find new books and authors to expand your reading! 


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