Detective Weekly No. 9

About this issue

This issue of Detective Weekly features the famous consulting detective Sexton Blake and his assistant Tinker. The main story, "Wanted!" by Mark Osborne, depicts an emerging rift between Blake and Tinker. Tinker repeatedly makes dinner engagements and theater plans with an unnamed friend rather than accompanying Blake, causing visible tension between the longtime companions. Blake appears concerned and hurt by Tinker's withdrawals. The issue includes an editorial feature discussing the Baker Street Index—Blake's comprehensive crime encyclopedia maintained by Tinker through careful organization of newspaper clippings and criminological references. Readers' letters address publication improvements. The magazine offers a gift-token scheme toward a Modern Encyclopedia subscription. The centerpiece is a reader-participation mystery, "The Lift Murder," describing an unsolved case at Druid Chambers in London. Blake investigates a man's death in an automatic electric lift, involving suspects including Mr. Ash, Mr. Cass, and charwoman Mrs. Willis. Readers are invited to solve the crime before checking the solution on page 22.