Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #23 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great linup of crimes and columns. Here are: Features: From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D. Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson Non Fiction: Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman Sherlock Holmes -- in the Cards, by Gary Lovisi Fiction: THE BABIES IN THE BLIZZARD, by Archie Goodwin TOO MANY POLITICIANS, by Henry W. Enberg DEATH BY WATER, by Steve Liskow GHOSTS OF THE PAST, by Laird Long STRIKEOUT, by Dan Andriacco THE COP WHO LIKED GILBERT AND SULLIVAN, by Robert Lopresti THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY OF LYTTON HOUSE, by David Marcum THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER'S THUMB, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ART & CARTOONS: Elena Betti (Front Cover) Cartoon by Marc Bilgrey