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 Hardcopy. In this issue you’ll find author essays, reviews, and articles for mysteries set in London. 

London Mysteries II

Volume 41, No. 1, Spring 2025

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. 

Subscribe now in order to be sure to receive a copy of London Mysteries II--and the other three issues for 2025: Themes: London II; Retail Sales; Northern California; Cross-Genre Mysteries. 

If you're a PDF subscriber, you should receive download instructions shortly. Hard copy subscription copies should be received by the end of the week. International 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! 

LONDON MYSTERIES I: Mystery Readers Journal (40:4)

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 I (40:4)  is available as a PDF and Hardcopy. In this issue you’ll find author essays, reviews, and articles for mysteries set in London. 

We had so many articles and reviews that we had to divide the material into two issues. Mystery Readers Journal: London Mysteries II will be our Spring issue for 2025 (41:1). 

Subscribe now in order to be sure to receive a copy of London Mysteries II--and the other three issues for 2025: Themes: London II; Retail Sales; Northern California; Cross-Genre Mysteries. 

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

PDF Contributor copies will go out in the next few days. 

Contributors: If you don't see your article or review in this issue, it will be in London Mysteries II (Spring 2025, 41:1). 

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this amazing issue.

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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! 

Volume 40, No. 4, Winter 2024

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

• From Londinium to London: A City with a Criminal History by Alan Cassady-Bishop
• Reporting from London, WWII by Rona Bell
• Bow Street Runners: London’s First Police Force by Aubrey Nye Hamilton
• London Between the Wars by G.M. Malliet
• London’s Finest: Magic, Spies and the Arcane by Ayo Onatade
• Recollections of a London Detective by Ashley Bowden

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

• Celebrating London and a Love of Shakespeare by Cathy Ace
• London, a Character on Its Own by S. L. Beaumont
• The Kamil Rahman Series and East London by Ajay Chowdhury
• Gertrude Bell at Whitehall by Michael Cooper
• Gemma Doyle Follows the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes Through London by Vicki Delaney
• Ruined Abbey—More History Than I Ever Expected! by Anne Emery
• Weaving a Tale From Those Childhood Memories of London by Elizabeth Elwood
• London: The Perfect Backdrop for the Crime Writer by David Fennell
• An American Lost in London by Alan Gordon, aka Allison Montclair
• My London: Real and Imagined by Narrelle M. Harris
• London: Spies and Titles by Gay Toltl Kinman
• All Roads Lead From London by Christopher Huang
• Henry von Stray: John McAleer’s Classic London Detective by Andrew McAleer
• The Wobble in the Aggie by Peter Lovesey
• The Game’s Afoot! Writing the Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Pelham
• Mind the Killer by Gary Powell
• Wrong Turn—Write Path by Joanna Campbell Slan
• Mr. Campion’s London by Mike Ripley
• The Walking Guide Wars by Wendall Thomas
• Writing a Sherlockian Pastiche Set in Victorian London by Jeri Westerson
• London for Everyone by Marty Wingate

COLUMNS

• Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews
• True Crime: The London Barrister & His Fictional Counterpart by Cathy Pickens
• The Law in London—Part 2 by Jim Doherty
• From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph

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Call for Articles: Mystery Readers Journal: London Mysteries Part II (41:1)

Call for Articles: Mystery Readers Journal: Mysteries Set in London, Part II! (41:1); Spring 2025

We received so many articles, reviews, and author essays that we have divided the London Mysteries issue of Mystery Readers Journal into two issues. We have space for more articles, essays, and reviews, so if you'd like to contribute, please let me know. 

janet @ mysteryreaders . org 

Deadline for Part II, London Mysteries: January 20, 2025. 

We're looking for articles, reviews, and Author essays about Mysteries that focus on Mysteries set in London. 

Author Essays are first person, about yourself, your books, and the "London" connection. 500-1000 words. Treat this as if you're chatting with friends and other writers in the bar or cafe (or on zoom) about your work and the "London" setting in your mysteries. Be sure and cite specific titles, as well as how you use London in your books. Add title and 2-3 sentence bio. 

Reviews: 50-250 words. 

Articles: 500-1000 words. Deadline for London Mysteries (41:1) articles, reviews, author essays: 

January 20, 2025  

Send to: Janet Rudolph, Editor. janet @ mysteryreaders . org  

Please let us know if you're planning to send an article, review, or author essay! 

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Themes: London Mysteries II; Retail Murder; Northern California; Thrillers.

London Crime Fiction: Mystery Readers Journal

The latest issue of Mystery Readers Journal is now out. Be sure and check out London Mysteries I (Volume 27:1). To order this issue either as a .pdf or hardcopy, go HERE.

MYSTERY READERS JOURNAL: 
LONDON MYSTERIES I (VOLUME 27:1)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
London—Crime Central of History by Alan J. Bishop
This Is the City: London by Gary Garner

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
The Charm of London Town by Kate Charles
My London by Rory Clements
London Calling by Liza Cody
Trish Maguire by Natasha Cooper
Masquerading in Secret London by Deborah Crombie
A Country House Mystery in London by Anna Dean
"Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner..." by Carola Dunn
London: A Capital City by Martin Edwards
The Most Peculiar Detectives by Christopher Fowler
A Survey of Medieval London by Margaret Frazer
What To Leave In, What To Leave Out by Peg Herring
London—Spies and Titles by Gay Toltl Kinman
To London with Love by Clare Langley-Hawthorne
Sweeping Mysterious London by Amy Myers
Cor Blimey, Guv'nor! by Barbara Nadel
So Just Where Is 221B? by Michael Robertson
In Pursuit of the Murder by Verna Suit
Love Me Deadly by JoAnne Soper-Cook
The Spell of London by Charles Todd
London—Past Imperfect by Dan Waddell
My London by Jacqueline Winspear
My Love Affair with London by Patricia Wynn
London: the Great Literary City by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

REVIEWS
The Devil's Home on Leave: Derek Raymond's Factory Series by Dan Fleming
The Law in London by Jim Doherty
Noblesse Noblige: Robert Barnard's A Scandal in Belgravia by Katherine Hall Page

COLUMNS
In Short: "I'm in London Again" by Marvin Lachman
Just the Facts: Truth Beneath a Tattered Coat by Jim Doherty
Crime Seen: The Mean Streets of London by Kate Derie
From the Editor's Desk by Janet A. Rudolph