Reminder: The next regular meeting of The Stormy Petrels of BC will take place on April 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm.

The story for discussion will be The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”

Holmes: “What have we to do with walking corpses who can only be held in the grave by stakes driven through their hearts?”

The story was first published in January 1924 in the Strand Magazine an in NY’s Hearst Magazine. Written during ACD’s years as an advocate of spiritualism.

Why did Holmes refer to “this Agency”?

Holmes: “Was there not a Queen in English history who sucked a wound to draw poison from it?”

What did Matilda Briggs have to do with the Giant Rat of Sumatra?

Find out the answers to these questions and more at the next meeting.

For more information, please contact The Consulting Detective

“Rubbish, Watson, rubbush! What have we to do with walking corpses who can only be held in their grave by stakes driven through their hearts?”

The adventure for discussion at the next meeting of the Stormy Petrels of BC will be “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”

The meeting will take place chez Wood at 7:00 pm on April 6, 2010.

“This Agency stands flatfooted upon the ground….No ghosts need apply.”

If you are interested in joining the Petrels as they sink their teeth into this knotty probelm, please contact the ‘Consulting Detective’ for more details at: stormypetrels@gmail.com

Our 22nd annual dinner proved to be a great success. Many thanks to all who provided food, and many thanks to Elsa and Audrey for all their organizing. Thank you to the Woods for hosting this event. A wonderful time was had by all!

Our Sherlock Holmes Birthday Luncheon was another great success, with 17 members and guests in attendance.

Our special guest speaker was Mr. Erik Swanick of Special Collections at SFU (Simon Fraser University) Library. Several of our members have already donated material to this collection.

The Stormy Petrels will meet on Feb. 2, 2010 chez Wood at 7:00 p.m.

The case for discussion will be “The Adventure of the Three Gables”.
“I don’t think that any of my adventures with Mr. Sherlock Holmes opened quite so abruptly, or so dramatically, as that which I associate with The Three Gables.”

Many thanks to Chris for giving us an awesome tour of the Vancouver Police Museum and allowing us to hold our meeting next to what used to be the morgue and the autopsy room. Details of the tour, along with some photos, will be featured in the next “Petrel Flyer.”

The next gathering of Petrels will take place on December 1st at 7:00 at Brown’s Bookshop. Located at 3740 Hastings Street, Burnaby.

“I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.” (LION)

Please come and join us as we browse, buy books, and indulge in a little pre-Christmas jollification.

“With five volumes you could just fill that gap on that second shelf.” (EMPT)