Got a from Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine in early March describing a fascinating event in their lives. Like good citizens they had purchased the right to use the Master's name on their magazine. Unfortunately the person who sold them said rights apparently didn't own them. Oopsies. Do a search for Andrea Plunkit and Doyle estate if you want the gory details.
2. Insecurity Questions Wondermark is one of the most delightfully bizarre comic strips on the web. Monty Python goes cyberpunk, sort of.
3. Harlan Coben, here is the plot for your next novel 
4. James Powell is going to happen
I don't know if you follow Something Is Going To Happen, the blog at Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, but they recently published a wild piece by Jim Powell who demonstrates that at an age even more advanced than my own he has a crazier imagination than any teenage gamer every dreamed of. Watch him free associate...
Though it isn’t a mystery story, Edgar Allan Poe’s
“The Man in the Crowd” may be the short story at it’s best, for there
are really only two characters, the man and the crowd. (Speaking of Poe,
it has been a long time since the Sherlock Holmsing pigeon drove the
Raven “nevermoring” all the way, from its perch on the bust of Pallas
just above Poe’s chamber door only to come back to us again as a good
part of Johnny Depp’s Tonto headgear in the new Lone Ranger movie.
Sherlock’s pigeon would be replaced a few years later by the Maltese
Falcon. I wonder what kind of bird will come next to roost on that
well-encrusted and put upon piece of statuary?)
Have you seen the website Murder by Gaslight? True crimes of Victorian England. Quick, Watson! Call C.S.I.!
Rob, even better red herrings than before. I always look forward to these!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great identity theft story that is! I don't think they'll ever find out who Jane Doe really was. As far as Victorian cases, my favorite is the case of the Victorian husband who was rummaging through his wife's dresser one day, found a pill, and (he had a headache) took it, without asking anyone what it was. A couple of weeks later, he died of a massive dose of ether. His wife was tried for murder, but was acquitted because the jury agreed with her story that hubby had a headache, found the bottle of ether, and taken a swig without asking what it was.
ReplyDeleteI like Wondermark. Good way to catch the stupid killer who answers every question the computer asks. From now, I'll have to be careful, very careful answering those security questions.
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