Great Quality

I have to say I was surprised to find such great quality in a mystery magazine. Most magazines today are just filled with advertisements and relentless self-promotion; The Strand is really different. They have about eight stories per issue, by such writers as Ray Bradbury, John Mortimer, Peter Lovesey, and Edward Hoch. And these just aren't the mystery stories, which are time burners like in the stuff found in Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Magazine. These plots are well constructed and will stay with you long after you read them.

The magazine looks stunning as well; each cover has that classic feel. Inside the pages are full sized, glossy, full color, and the illustrations are super.

The issue I have on hand has an interview with the original Nancy Drew author Mildred Wirt Benson. I looked at their website and in the past they have had interviews with Sir John Mortimer, Peter Ustinov, John Gielgud, Michael York, Ian Richardson, David Suchet, and Christopher Lee.

The articles are fantastic--they are not talking down to the reader nor are they like some of those overly turgid academic articles that analyze everything to death!
I love the Strand, may they live long and prosper.

Good, but sparse

Although the stories and interviews in The Strand are well worth reading, I think it is worth saying that there are not many stories per issue, and, at least in the case of John Mortimer's Rumpole stories, they are taken from forthcoming books. That being said, The Strand is worth the four stars I've given it, but I would describe it as a "coffee-table" magazine, if such a category exists, due to its glossy pages, large size format, and relatively low number of stories and interviews in content.

Don't do it

Don't order this magazine from Amazon. It took well over 4 months to receive it and in one year I have received only one issue. Still the one issue I read was excellent.