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Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories

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Caroline Crampton

Where does the tradition of younger women solving crimes begin?

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Books and stories mentioned in this episode:— The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green— "Problem One: The Golden Slipper" by Anna Katharine Green, collected in The Golden Slipper, And Other Problems For Violet Strange

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The Girl Detective

Caroline rereads Christianna Brand's 1944 crime novel, Green for Danger.

Join my live event at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay on Saturday, 19th September. Tickets are available at iacf-uk.org.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand— "Dear Mr Editor..." by Christianna Brand, collected in Murder by the Book— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand— London Particular by Christianna Brand; alternate title: Fog of Doubt

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WW2 and the Golden Age

Let’s meet Agatha Christie’s strangest creation.

Join my live event at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay on Saturday, 19th September. Tickets are available at iacf-uk.org.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie— The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

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Returning to Mr Quin

Beyond the famous novels, there’s a whole world to discover.

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If you'd like to hear Caroline speaking at greater length about Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie, come along to her event at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay on Saturday 19th September at 3pm. Tickets are available from the festival website, iacf-uk.org.

Books mentioned in this episode:— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

— Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

— Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie 

— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

— Curtain by Agatha Christie

— Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott

— Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie

— Mrs McGinty's Dead  by Agatha Christie

— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

— A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

— Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie

— Endless Night by Agatha Christie

— A Caribbean Mystery  by Agatha Christie

— Nemesis by Agatha Christie
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The Underrated Christies

On science-driven crime fiction in the 1920s and the 2020s.

Many thanks to my guest, Kathy Reichs. The paperback of Evil Bones is published on 30th July in the UK. You can find out more about Kathy and her work at her website, kathyreichs.com.

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Books & sources mentioned in this episode:— The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers ad Robert Eustace— The Bone Collection by Kathy Reichs— Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs
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Forensic Fiction

Why did Agatha Christie set her murders in villages?

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Books & sources mentioned in this episode:— "God Made the Country" by William Cowper— The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie— The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie— A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie— Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie— The South Country by Edward Thomas— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie— The Condition of England by Charles F. G. Masterman— The Strange Death of Liberal England by George Dangerfield— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

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Village Murder

Why is this murder from 1910 still so fascinating to us?

Many thanks to my guest, Hallie Rubenhold. The paperback of Story of a Murder is published on 2nd July in the UK. You can find out more about Hallie and her work, including her previous bestseller about Jack the Ripper's victims, The Five, at her website hallierubenhold.com.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold— The Five by Hallie Rubenhold— I Caught Crippen by Walter Dew

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The Crippen Obsession

There's a reason why Agatha Christie knew so much about poisons.

This archive episode of Shedunnit was first published on 1st April 2020.

Books and sources:—The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie—A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup—"In a Dispensary" by Agatha Christie from the collection The Road of Dreams—Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan—An Autobiography by Agatha Christie—Guardian Obituary: Rosalind Hicks by Janet Morgan—The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie—"Dame Agatha's Dispensary" by Eunice Bonow Bardell in Pharmacy in History, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1984)

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The Dispenser (Rerun)

Ronaldo Fagarazzi joins Caroline for a 1920s serial killer mystery.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 21:21. After that, expect full spoilers.

Read more about John Rhode at Ronaldo's blog, witnesstothecrime.wordpress.com.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be Mr Justice Raffles by E.W. Hornung.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode— Bloody Murder by Julian Symons— Dead Men at the Folly by John Rhode— The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton— Devil's Reckoning by Miles Burton— The Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle— Hendon's First Case by John Rhode— Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton— The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes— The Silk Stocking Murders by Anthony Berkeley— Murder Gone Mad by Philip MacDonald— Some Must Watch by Ethel Lina White— The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie— The Case of the Monday Murders by Christopher Bush— Howard's End by E.M. Forster— The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode— Dr Priestley's Quest by John Rhode— The Mystery of Angelina Frood by R. Austin Freeman— The Aluminium Dagger by R. Austin Freeman— The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand

Related Shedunnit episodes:— The Telephone Call— The Detection Club

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The Murders in Praed Street (Green Penguin Book Club 15)

Why did Dorothy L. Sayers hate the first Peter Wimsey film so much?

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Floating Admiral by the Detection Club— Ask A Policeman by the Detection Club— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers— Blood and Sand by Vicente Blasco Ibañez— "The Silent Passenger" by Dorothy L. Sayers— Death at Broadcasting House by Val Gielgud and Holt Marvell— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers— "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest" by Agatha Christie— The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts— Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The Silent Passenger

Are Agatha Christie’s stories as chaste as they seem?

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence— A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake— There’s Trouble Brewing by Nicholas Blake— End of Chapter by Nicholas Blake— The Sad Variety by Nicholas Blake— Autobiography by Agatha Christie— The Plumed Serpent by DH Lawrence— Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence— The White Peacock by DH Lawrence— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie— They Do it with Mirrors by Agatha Christie— What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! by Agatha Christie— Double Sin by Agatha Christie— "The Herb of Death" by Agatha Christie— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie— The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie— A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie— Nemesis by Agatha Christie— Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie— "The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie— Towards Zero by Agatha Christie— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie— Lady C: The Long Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley’s Lover by Guy Cuthbertson

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Lady Chatterley vs Miss Marple

What George Orwell can teach us about detective fiction.

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Books and essays mentioned in this episode:— "Decline of the English Murder" by George Orwell— Animal Farm by George Orwell— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins— "The Vernon Murder" by George Orwell— The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle— "The Ethics of the Detective Story from Raffles to Miss Blandish" by George Orwell— No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley— "The Simple Art of Murder" by Raymond Chandler

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Decline of the English Murder

The childhood nightmare that informed a crime writing career.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie— Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott— Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott— "The House of Dreams" by Agatha Christie— Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie— Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie— Third Girl by Agatha Christie— At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie— Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie— Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie— Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott

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Agatha Christie’s Gun Man

Jim Noy joins Caroline for some Jolly Adventures in a castle.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 14:58. After that, expect full spoilers.

Please note: This book contains the deliberate killing of an animal, which is discussed from 36:57 to 40:18. 

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Sanfield Scandal by Richard Keverne— Carteret's Cure by Richard Keverne— The Pretender by Clifford Hosken— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace— The Famous Five adventure novels by Enid Blyton— The Abbey Girls Series by Elsie J. Oxenham— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey— The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie— The Problem of the Green Capsule by John Dickson Carr— The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode

Related Shedunnit episodes:— The Locked Room— The Long Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe

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The Sanfield Scandal (Green Penguin Book Club 14)

What could possibly go wrong?



Books and stories mentioned in this episode:

— "The Perfect Plan" by James Hilton

— Lost Horizon by James Hilton

— Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton

— Murder at School by James Hilton



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The Perfect Plan

The fascinating history of divorce in detective fiction.



My guest was Dr Jen Aston, Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University. In addition to her other academic work, she's currently leading a project looking at approaches to the history of divorce. Learn more about that at northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history.



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Books mentioned in this episode:— "Murder!" by Arnold Bennett, collected in Resorting to Murder— Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley— “The Case of the Discontented Husband” by Agatha Christie, collected in Parker Pyne Investigates— Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles— Holy Deadlock by A.P. Herbert— Love All by Dorothy L Sayers— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers— "The Incredible Elopement" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Hangman's Holiday



Related Shedunnit episodes:— The Lady Detective



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The Decree Absolute

The best murder mysteries transport us to another era.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher— Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Croft— The Walls of Jericho by Rudolph Fisher

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Detective Fiction As Time Travel

Victoria Stewart joins Caroline to discuss Dorothy L. Sayers’ epistolary poisoning mystery.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 14:59. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Sandfield Scandal by Richard Keverne.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace— Crime Writing in Interwar Britain by Victoria Stewart— Literature and Justice in Mid-Twentieth Century Literature by Victoria Stewart— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers— A Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse

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The Documents in the Case (Green Penguin Book Club 13)

Was this Agatha Christie's greatest piece of misdirection?

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Books mentioned in order:

— Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie— Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie— Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie— Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie— Curtain by Agatha Christie— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie— Third Girl by Agatha Christie— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie— Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott— Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

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Agatha and Ariadne

We’ve got puffins, peacocks and penguins galore!

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes— A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett— Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild— Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild— Jennings and Darbishire by Anthony Buckeridge— How to Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans— Still She Wished For Company by Margaret Irwin— I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith— Raffles by E.W. Hornung— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace— Green for Danger by Christiana Brand— The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr— The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr— The White Priory by John Dickson Carr— The House on Tollard Ridge by John Rhode— The Dangerfield Talisman by J.J. Connington— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson— In Spite of Thunder by John Dickson Carr— Postern to Fate by Agatha Christie— Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert Van Gulik— The Rasp by Philip MacDonald— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham— The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler— Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace

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My First Green Penguin

Make sure nobody has tampered with your turkey…

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées by Agatha Christie— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— "Stuffing" by Edgar Wallace, collected in Silent Nights— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer— “The Santa Claus Club” by Julian Symons, collected in Crimson Snow— The Corpse in the Snowman by Nicholas Blake— "Cambric Tea" by Marjorie Bowen, collected in Silent Nights— An English Murder by Cyril Hare— Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin— Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin

More Christmas and wintry Shedunnit episodes:— Let It Snow (Replay)— Father Christmas— The Murderless Christmas Mystery

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A Christmas Feast

Film historian Sergio Angelini joins Caroline to discuss a rather cinematic whodunnit.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:40. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.

You can find Sergio's podcast, Tipping My Fedora, about all things crime fiction and film noir, in all good podcast apps.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Rasp by Philip MacDonald— Patrol by Philip MacDonald— The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald— The Reader Is Warned by Carter Dickson— The Polferry Riddle by Philip MacDonald— The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley— The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne— Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming— The Maze by Philip MacDonald— Pale Fire by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov— The Rynox Murder by Philip MacDonald— Murder Gone Mad by Philip MacDonald— The Mystery of the Dead Police by Philip MacDonald

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The Rasp (Green Penguin Book Club 12)

Why aren’t her dozen detective novels better known?

Many thanks to my guest, Dr Jennifer Kloester. Find out  more about her work on Georgette Heyer at her website, jenniferkloester.com.

This episode has been published during the Shedunnit Pledge Drive. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/pledgedrive.

Books mentioned in this episode:— The Black Moth— The Great Roxhythe— Penhallow— Friday's Child— Footsteps in the Dark— Why Shoot a Butler?— The Unfinished Clue— Death in the Stocks— Behold, Here's Poison— They Found Him Dead— Duplicate Death— No Wind of Blame— Detection Unlimited

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The Case of Georgette Heyer

A murder mystery can be spooky, too.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie— The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance— Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell— Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh— The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie— The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe— Rim of the Pit by Hake Talbot— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle— The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson— He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr— The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr— A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr— Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer— The Ghost It Was by Richard Hull— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham— “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot Investigates— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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Halloween

How the interwar servant shortage changed detective fiction.

This episode marked the beginning of the Shedunnit Pledge Drive. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/pledgedrive.

Books mentioned in this episode:— Mrs Woolf and the Servants by Alison Light— The Psychology of the Servant Problem by Violet M Firth— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— "The Invisible Man" by G.K. Chesterton, collected in The Innocence of Father Brown— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie— "Miss Marple Tells a Story" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— "The Case of the Perfect Maid" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories— "The Dream" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories— "Greenshaw's Folly" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories— The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley— Why Shoot A Butler? by Georgette Heyer— Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers— Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin— The Hollow by Agatha Christie— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie— Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie— A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie— Simisola by Ruth Rendell

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The Servant Problem

Do secret societies have any place in murder mysteries?

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Books mentioned in this episode:— "The Five Orange Pips" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill— The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley— "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba" by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in Lord Peter Views the Body— The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie— Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie— Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie

Shedunnit episodes mentioned:— The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9)— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)

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The Crime Clubs

Australian mystery reading duo Flex and Herds join Caroline to look at this influential whodunnit.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 12:24. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Rasp by Philip MacDonald.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley— Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley— Trent Intervenes by E.C. Bentley— Biography for Beginners by E.C. Bentley— Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers— The Three Taps by Ronald Knox— Broke Road by Matthew Spencer— The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley— The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton— Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

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Trent's Last Case (Green Penguin Book Club 11)

A literary device from the golden age of detective fiction is making a comeback.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards— The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards— Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards— The Riverside Villas Murder by Kingsley Amis— Gallows Court by Martin Edwards— Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards— Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards— The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne— The GCHQ Puzzle Book— Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King— Murdle by G.T. Karber

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The Cluefinder

Getting back in touch with the foremost citizen of St Mary Mead.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie— The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

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Rediscovering Miss Marple

Death lurks among the shelves — in crime fiction, that is.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson— Beginning With A Bash by Phoebe Atwood Taylor— Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells— Death in a Bookstore by Augusto De Angelis— Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell— Recollections by Geoffrey Grigson

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Murder at the Bookshop

There’s a lot of fun to be had with an epistolary mystery.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins— Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu— Dracula by Bram Stoker— S.S. Murder by Q Patrick— Death on the Down Beat by Sebastian Farr— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake— The Second Shot by Anthony Berkeley— The Manuscript Murder by Lewis Robinson— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson— The Maze by Philip Macdonald— The Rynox Mystery by Philip Macdonald— Burglars In Buck by G.D.H. and Margaret Cole— Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn— The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid— The Appeal by Janice Hallett— Cain's Jawbone

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Death On Paper

Golden age expert Kate Jackson joins Caroline to read John Ferguson’s intriguing “Ealing mystery”.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 15:33. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson— Stealthy Terror by John Ferguson— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson— Night in Glengyle by John Ferguson— Death Comes to Perigord by John Ferguson— The Pocket Detective by Kate Jackson— How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson— The Grouse Moor Mystery by John Ferguson— London Particular by Christianna Brand— The Port of London Murders by Josephine Bell— QED by Lynn Brock— Don't Open the Door by Anthony Gilbert— Murder In Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie— The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert— Murder Isn't Easy by Richard Hull— Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers— The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham— The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye by Brian Flynn— The Murder of Mrs Davenport by Anthony Gilbert— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles— The Havering Plot by Richard Keverne— Matorni's Vineyard by E. Phillips Oppenheim— The Professor's Poison by Neil Gordon— The Emerald Tiger by Edgar Jepson— The Fatal Kiss Mystery by Rufus King— Mystery at Lynden Sands by JJ Connington— Deep Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells— The Factory on the Cliff by A.G. Macdonell— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley

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The Man in the Dark (Green Penguin Book Club 10)

How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points.

My guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her book V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death is available now.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley— Family Matters by Anthony Rolls

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The Poison Book

Our golden age detective fiction recommendation line is at your service.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Lighthouse by Wilkie Collins— Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor— The Murder Game by Tom Hindle— Sir John Magill's Last Journey by Freeman Wills Crofts— Man Overboard! by Freeman Wills Crofts— Fatal Venture by Freeman Wills Crofts— Common or Garden Crime by Sheila Pim— Midsummer Malice by Nigel FitzGerald— Death at Crane's Court by Eilís Dillon— The Private Wound by Cecil Day Lewis— A Telegram from Le Touquet by John Bude— "The Easter Parade Mystery" by Rex Stout— Robbery on the Bergen Train by Nordahl Grieg and Nils Lie— "The Episode of the Vanishing Harp" by C Daly King, collected in The Curious Mr Tarrant— "The Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room" by Sax Rohmer, collected in Miraculous Mysteries— The House Without A Key by Earl Derr Biggers— The Chinese Chop by Juanita Sheridan— The Murder of Mr Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and S. J. Rozan— The Kennel Murder Case by SS Van Dine— "The Adventure of the Western Star" by Agatha Christie— The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen

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The Murder Mystery Hotline II

Because sometimes, only a professional will do.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Murder on the Burrows by E.C.R. Lorac— Dishonour Among Thieves by E.C.R. Lorac— Crime Counter Crime by E.C.R. Lorac— Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac— Fire in the Thatch by E.C.R. Lorac— Death Came Softly by E.C.R. Lorac— Murder in Vienna by E.C.R. Lorac— Murder on a Monument by E.C.R. Lorac— Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac— The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac— Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac— Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand— Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand— Tour de Force by Christianna Brand— Fog of Doubt by Christianna Brand— The Bath Mysteries by E.R. Punshon— Trent’s Last Case by E.C. Bentley— Information Received by E.R. Punshon— Black Plumes by Margery Allingham— The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy— Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts— The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts— Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts

Shedunnit episodes mentioned:— ECR Lorac Rises Through the Ranks— Instrument of Death— Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes— Brides in the Bath

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An Inspector Calls

Locked room mystery specialist Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s sensational 1905 thriller.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:56. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace— Raffles by E.W. Hornung— Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead— The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead— The House at Devil's Neck by Tom Mead— The Mind of Mr. J. G Reeder by Edgar Wallace— The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux— The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace— Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)— The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)— Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8)

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The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9)

Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer.



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Books mentioned in this episode:— ⁠In Muffled Night by Dorothy Erskine Muir⁠— ⁠Five to Five by Dorothy Erskine Muir⁠— ⁠In Memory of Charles by Dorothy Erskine Muir⁠— Lift the Curtain by Dorothy Erskine Muir— ⁠A History of Milan Under the Visconti by Dorothy Erskine Muir⁠— ⁠Ask a Policeman by The Detection Club⁠— ⁠Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers⁠— ⁠Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie⁠— ⁠Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley⁠— Seeing is Believing by John Dickson Carr— Heaven Knows Who by Christianna Brand— ⁠Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley⁠— ⁠Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers⁠— ⁠When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell⁠— ⁠A Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse⁠— "Three is a Lucky Number" by Margery Allinhgam— ⁠The Trial of Oscar Slater by William Roughead⁠— ⁠The Case of Oscar Slater by Arthur Conan Doyle⁠— ⁠And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie⁠



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The Crimes of Dorothy Erskine Muir

Caroline dives deep into Brand’s work to find her favourite novel.

Back in July of last year, I did an episode titled Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes. During the research and preparation for that episode, I read quite a few Brand novels. Even though I haven't read every single work she published, I hope you enjoy this ranking of 15 books from Christianna Brand's canon.

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Christianna Brand novels mentioned, in alphabetical order:
— Alas, for Her That Met Me!
— The Brides of Aberdar
— Cat and Mouse
— Court of Foxes
— Death in High Heels
— Death of Jezebel
— Green for Danger
— Heads You Lose
— The Honey Harlot
— London Particular
— A Ring of Roses
— The Rose in Darkness
— The Three Cornered Halo
— Tour de Force
— Suddenly at His Residence

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Ranking Christianna Brand

Darryl Jones joins Caroline to discuss the first collection of Raffles stories.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 10:30. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Raffles by E.W. Hornung
— The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
— No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase
— The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
— The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
— The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
— The Black Mask by E.W. Hornung
— Fiction and the Reading Public by Q.D. Leavis
— King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)
— The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)

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Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8)

Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?

Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Masters by C.P. Snow
— Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
— Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
— Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
— The Cambridge Murders by Dilwyn Rees
— Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes
— An Oxford Tragedy by J.C. Masterman (£825.00)
— Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay
— Murder at Cambridge by Q Patrick
— Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham
— The Incredible Crime by Lois Austen-Leigh
— Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
— Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid
— Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
— Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruce
— Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly
— Invitation to Die by Barbara Cleverly
— James Runcie's Granchester stories
— Rory Clement's Tom Wilde series

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Oxford vs Cambridge

A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.

Please be aware that there are spoilers in this episode for the two stories discussed here in detail: "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie and  "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell.

Books mentioned in this episode:
—  Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
— A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
— "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
— How to Write a Mystery: a Handbook from Mystery Writers of America,  edited by Lee Child with Laurie R. King
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— “The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Thirteen Problems
— Mr. Fortune, Please by H. C. Bailey
— "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Hound of Death
— "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell, collected in In the Shadow of Agatha Christie
— Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

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The Mystery Short Story

She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read?

Resources and articles mentioned in this episode:
— Jamie Bernthal on Arthur Conan Doyle
— Moira Redmond on Elizabeth Daly
— Martin Edwards on My Brother's Killer
— Gray Robert Brown on Muriel Spark

Books mentioned in this episode:
— Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey
— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
— Unexpected Night by Elizabeth Daly
— The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes
— The Clocks by Elizabeth Daly
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
— My Brother's Killer by D.M. Devine
— The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré
— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
— Endless Night by Agatha Christie
— Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
— The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
— The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
— The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
— Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
— The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

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Agatha Christie’s Taste in Crime Fiction

Moira Redmond joins Caroline to consider a surprising medical mystery from 1931.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 19:39. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be Raffles by E.W. Hornung.

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Reviews for The Missing Moneylender:
— Martin Edwards
— Beneath the Stains of Time
— Vintage Pop Fictions

Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes
— Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— The Ray of Doom by W. Stanley Sykes
— The Harness of Death by W. Stanley Sykes
— Essays on the First Hundred Years of Anaesthesia by W. Stanley Sykes
— "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" by Dorothy L. Sayers
— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
— "Before Insulin" by J.J. Connington
— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace
— The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey
— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
— Raffles by E.W. Hornung

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)

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The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)

Caroline goes deep on Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1935 masterpiece.

At 18:58, there is a brief mention of attempted suicide.

Books mentioned in this episode:
— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers
— Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers
— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers
— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers
— Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates series by Jill Paton Walsh

Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers
— Dorothy L Sayers Solves Her Mystery
— The Challenge Of Dorothy L. Sayers

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On Gaudy Night

Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
Books mentioned in this episode:
— 1925: The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
— 1935: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
— 1945: Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham (also published as: Pearls Before Swine)
— 1955: Tour de Force by Christianna Brand
— 1965: At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
— 1975: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
— 1985: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
— 1995: The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
— 2005: Still Life by Louise Penny
— 2015: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Whodunnit Centenary: 1924
— The Shedunnit Centenary
— A Century of Whodunnits
— A Second Century of Whodunnits
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Whodunnit Centenary: 1925

There’s always more to say about detective fiction.
Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
— The Secret Place by Tana French
— The Crozier Pharaohs by Gladys Mitchell
— Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
— The Examiner by Janice Hallett
— The Appeal by Janice Hallett
— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace
— Three-A-Penny by Lucy Beatrice Malleson
— Portrait of a Murderer by Portrait of a Murderer
— Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— Murder's A Swine by Nap Lombard
— The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
— The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac
— Death in Dwelly Lane by Frank Vigor Morley
— Agatha Christie: Mistress of Mystery by Gordon C. Ramsey
— "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" by Arthur Conan Doyle
— His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
— A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
— Hard Liver by Anthony Weymouth
— “Death Sits in the Dentist’s Chair” by Cornell Woolrich, collected in Darkness at Dawn: Early Suspense Classics
— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey
— Black Land, White Land by H.C. Bailey
Shedunnit episodes mentioned in this episode:
— Whodunnit Centenary: 1924
— A Reading Life
— Lucy, Anthony, and Anne
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Instrument of Death
— Edmund Crispin's Inside Jokes
— Death at the Speakeasy
— In The Dentist's Chair
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— Mysterious Knitting
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Notes & Queries

The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.
Mentioned in this episode:
— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
— "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées
— "The Necklace of Pearls" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Silent Nights
— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
— Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin
— Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
— An English Murder by Cyril Hare
— Groaning Spinney by Gladys Mitchell
— The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake
— Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
— “A Present from Santa Claus” by Julian Symons, collected in Murder on a Winter's Night
— L'Assassinat du Père Noël Pierre Véry [English trans. The Murder of Father Christmas]
— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
— Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan
— “Who Killed Father Christmas?” by Patricia Moyes, collected in Who Killed Father Christmas?
— “The Santa Claus Club” by Julian Symons, collected in Crimson Snow
— The Santa Claus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
— "‘Twixt the Cup and the Lip” by Julian Symons, collected in The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
— "The Case of the Man with the Sack” by Margery Allingham, collected in Crimson Snow
— The White Priory Murders by John Dickson Carr
— "The Snapdragon and the C.I.D." by Margery Allingham, collected in Murder at Christmas
— “The Case is Altered” by Margery Allingham, collected in Silent Nights
— “Among Those Present was Santa Claus” by Vincent Cornier, collected in Who Killed Father Christmas?
More Festive Shedunnit episodes:
— Crime at Christmas
— Let It Snow
— A Christie for Christmas
— The Murderless Christmas Mystery
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Father Christmas

Caroline and Guy discuss The Box of Delights by John Masefield, a beloved children's book from 1935 that might actually be a golden age detective novel too.

They also consider the beloved 1984 TV adaptation, which is returning to the BBC on 7th December 2024 for a special 40th anniversary showing.

This episode was originally released in December 2023 as an exclusive bonus for the Shedunnit Book Club. If you'd like to hear more bonus episodes like this in the future, join the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join. 

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Bonus: The Box of Delights

The creator of amateur sleuth Gervase Fen loved to make fun of detective fiction.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr
— Bruce Montgomery/Edmund Crispin: A Life in Music and Books by David Whittle
— The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
— Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin
— The Glimpses of the Moon by Edmund Crispin
— The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
— Swan Song by Edmund Crispin
— Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin
— Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin
— Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin
— Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes
— The Long Divorce by Edmund Crispin
— "We Know You're Busy Writing, But We Thought You Wouldn't Mind If We Just Dropped In For A Minute" by Edmund Crispin
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Edmund Crispin's Inside Jokes

Kathryn Harkup is Caroline’s guest for a reconsideration of Agatha Christie’s very first detective novel.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 22:30. After that, expect full spoilers.
A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
— Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran
— A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
— The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Christie
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— The Missing Moneylender by W Stanley Sykes
Kathryn Harkup's past appearances on Shedunnit:
— The Dispenser
— The Pale Horse
Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)

Where did that dead body go? It was right here!
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Mentioned in this episode:
—The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert
—The Vanishing Corpse by Ellery Queen
—The Case of the Runaway Corpse by Erle Stanley Gardner
—The Corpse Steps Out by Craig Rice
—Case Without A Corpse by Leo Bruce
—The Disappearing Corpse by James Warren
—A Silent Witness by R. Austin Freeman
—The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts
—Untimely Death by Cyril Hare
—Adders on the Heath by Gladys Mitchell
—Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
—The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
—The Red House Mystery by AA Milne
—The 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
—The Case of the Blind Barber by John Dickson Carr
—The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr
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Vanishing Corpses

How to weave the perfect murder mystery plot.
Find out more about Kate Davies' work at katedaviesdesigns.com and browse all of her patterns at shopkdd.com. The Margery Allingham's Mysterious Knits book, which contains Caroline's essay about knitting and detective fiction, is available at shopkdd.com/summerofmystery.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
— More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham
— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham
— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham
— The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham
— Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham
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Mysterious Knitting

Martin Edwards joins Caroline to revisit this iconic example of golden age detective fiction.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 11:06. After that, expect full spoilers.
A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley
— Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
— Bloody Murder by Julian Symons
— "The Avenging Chance" by Anthony Berkeley
— The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox
— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
— The Lazarus Widow by Bill Knox with Martin Edwards
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
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The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)

What connects a notorious 1827 murder case with the Detection Club’s cosy Soho clubrooms?
There are minor spoilers for the books listed below in this episode. Also, please be aware that there are passing references (without description) in this episode to infant death.
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Mentioned or consulted in the making of this episode:
— The Red Barn, A Tale Founded On Fact by Robert Huish
— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
— Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
— BBC News report of William Corder's cremation in 2004
— Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn, an anonymous play
— Maria Marten: The Murder in the Red Barn by Peter Haining
— William Corder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body by Shane McCorristine
— The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten by James Curtis
— The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
— The Red Barn Mystery by Donald McCormick
— The case report in the Newgate Calendar
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Florence Maybrick I & II
— The Murder At Road Hill House
— Crippen
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The Red Barn Murder

Open wide!
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There are spoilers in this episode for the titles listed below.
Mentioned in this episode:
— Death in the Dentist's Chair by Molly Thynne
— The Uncertain Glory by Molly Thynne
— "Death Sits in the Dentist's Chair" by Cornell Woolrich, collected in Darkness at Dawn: Early Suspense Classics
— Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay
— One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
— Death of a Dentist by M.C. Beaton
— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
— "The Cornish Mystery" by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot's Early Cases
— "The Wrong Problem" by John Dickson Carr, collected in The Third Bullet and Other Stories
— Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham
— The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham
— The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
— "The Honour of Israel Gow" by G.K. Chesterton, collected in The Innocence of Father Brown
— "In the Teeth of the Evidence" by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in In the Teeth of the Evidence
— Balachander, N et al. “Evolution of forensic odontology: An overview.” Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences vol. 7,Suppl 1 (2015): S176-80
— Bishop M. The influence of 'Golden Age' authors of detective fiction, in particular, D. L. Sayers, on the public opinion of dentists and dentistry. Br Dent J. 2024 Jul;237(1):51-54
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In the Dentist's Chair

Beware the pipe organ.
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There are no major spoilers in this episode but some minor plot details for the titles listed below are discussed.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac
— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Nebuly Coat by J. Meade Falkner
— The Hymn Tune Mystery by George A. Birmingham
— Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin
— Swan Song by Edmund Crispin
— The Pit-Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
— Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:
— The Detective's Best Friend
— Death By Chocolate
— Death Under Par
— Cricket and Crime
— Death at the Club
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Instrument of Death

Dolores Gordon-Smith joins Caroline to read this short story collection by H.C. Bailey.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 21:34. After that, expect full spoilers.
Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit her website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— Mr Fortune, Please by HC Bailey
— The Sea Captain by HC Bailey
— Jack Haldean Mysteries by Dolores Gordon-Smith
— Serpent's Eye by Dolores Gordon-Smith
— How to Write a Classic Murder Mystery by Dolores Gordon-Smith
— Everyman's Great Tales of Detection, edited by Dorothy L Sayers
— Anthony Gethryn series by Philip MacDonald
— Capital Crimes, edited by Martin Edwards
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
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Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)

Which matters more in a murder mystery, plot or character?
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There are no major spoilers in this episode but some minor plot details for the titles listed below are discussed.
Mentioned in this episode:
— Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand
— Nurse Matilda Goes to Town by Christianna Brand
— Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital by Christianna Brand
— Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Tour de Force by Christianna Brand
— The Three-Cornered Halo by Christianna Brand
— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
— Suddenly at His Residence (aka The Crooked Wreath) by Christianna Brand
— Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand
— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— London Particular (aka Fog of Doubt) by Christianna Brand
— The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill by Christianna Brand
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Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes

During Prohibition, the cocktails are downright criminal.
This episode was hosted by Leandra Griffith with guest (and usual host) Caroline Crampton. If you are interested in seeing more content from Leandra, you can find her on YouTube and Instagram.
Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit her website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
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Fact-Check Correction: During the episode, it is mentioned that Raymond Chandler was born in the UK. This is incorrect. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
— The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown
— Deadline at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich
— The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen
— Murder on 'B' Deck by Vincent Starrett
— Obelists at Sea by C. Daly King
— Headed for a Hearse by Jonathan Latimer
— The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
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Death at the Speakeasy

CriminOlly joins Caroline to read this classic of American hardboiled crime fiction.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 26:30. After that, expect full spoilers.
A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com.
Olly's YouTube channel can be found at youtube.com/@CriminOllyBlog.
Tickets for Backlisted: Live on 17th July, at which Caroline will be talking about Agatha Christie's Endless Night, are available here.
Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit her website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— Endless Night by Agatha Christie
— Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
— The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
— Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey
— A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton
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The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)

There’s something sinister in the stacks.
Thanks to my guest Harriet Evans, aka Harriet F. Townson, who is the author of D is for Death.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
— A Case of Books by Bruce Graeme
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Operation Pax by Michael Innes
— The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson
— "The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
— Katie's Terror by David Fisher
— The Jacqueline Kirkby series by Elizabeth Peters
— Open and Closed by Mat Coward
— The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
— D is for Death by Harriet F. Townson
— Letters from Menabilly: Portrait of a Friendship by Oriel Malet
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Murder in the Library

The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas had a passion for detective stories.
This episode is hosted by Guy Cuthbertson. His guest is John Goodby, a Professor of Arts and Culture at Sheffield Hallam University, and an expert on Dylan Thomas. He edited The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas and has co-authored a biography of Thomas. He is also a poet, translator and arts organiser.
Members of the Shedunnit Book Club can hear more of Guy and John's conversation as they cover 1930s poets beyond Dylan Thomas in this bonus episode.
Spoiler for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie at 21:17.
Mentioned in this episode:
— Murder's A Swine by Nap Lombard
— The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, edited by John Goodby
— Dylan Thomas by John Goodby and Chris Wigginton
— The Death of the King's Canary by Dylan Thomas and John Davenport
— Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice, edited by Ellery Queen
— The Three Weird Sisters (screenplay)
— The Beach of Falesá, novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Thomas
— The Doctor and the Devils by Dylan Thomas
— “The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, collected in The Waste Land
— Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide by Barry Foreshaw
— "The Pleasure Principle” by Philip Larkin, collected in Philip Larkin: The Complete Poems
— “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas
— "Altawise by Owl Light" by Dylan Thomas
— The Oxford Book of English Verse
— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
— Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
— "Deaths and Entrances" by Dylan Thomas
— “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
— "And Death Shall Have No Dominion” by Dylan Thomas
— “A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London” by Dylan Thomas
— “Among those Killed in the Dawn Raid was a Man Aged a Hundred” by Dylan Thomas
— "Return Journey," radio broadcast by Dylan Thomas
More Shedunnit episodes:
— The Death of the Country House
— Dorothy L Sayers Solves Her Mystery
— A Mysterious Glossary
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Dylan's Whodunnits

Why didn’t the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh write more detective fiction?
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit my website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— When We Were Very Young by AA Milne
— Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne
— The House At Pooh Corner by AA Milne
— Mr Pim Passes By by AA Milne
— The Red House Mystery by AA Milne
— If I May by AA Milne
— Bloody Murder by Julian Symons
— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley
— The Perfect Alibi by AA Milne
— Four Days' Wonder by AA Milne
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Rules (Remastered)
— Enter the Watson
— The Death of the Country House
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The Mystery of A.A. Milne

Caroline Crampton is joined by writer Moira Redmond to talk about the Chalet School books by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
This is a crossover episode from another podcast series Caroline is making at the moment, A Body Made of Glass. If you head to carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglasspodcast, you can listen to more conversations that explore the intersection of health with different aspects of medicine, scientific history, mental health and more.
To find out more about Moira Redmond and her work, follow her on Twitter @ClothesinBooks and visit her blog clothesinbooks.blogspot.com.
Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is available to order now. The audiobook, read by Caroline, is also available. Find out more information at her website, carolinecrampton.com, or by following her on Instagram @cacrampton.
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Bonus: The Chalet School

John Curran joins Caroline to read Christie’s third novel, her first (sort of?) to appear as a green penguin.
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit my website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
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A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 25:52. After that, expect full spoilers.
Mentioned in this episode:
— Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran
— Murder in the Making by John Curran
— The Big Four by Agatha Christie
— Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Clocks by Agatha Christie
— Third Girl by Agatha Christie
— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
— Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
— Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
— Crooked House by Agatha Christie
— Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
— The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
— Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
— Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
— "How Does Your Garden Grow?" by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot's Early Cases
— "The Cornish Mystery" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Under Dog and Other Stories
— The Hollow by Agatha Christie
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— Death Under Par
— Agatha the Adventuress
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The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Green Penguin Book Club 2)

A portrait of a writer via her addresses.
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit my website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
— The Hollow by Agatha Christie
— Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
— Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
— Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Sources consulted:
— Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran
— Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan
— Agatha Christie: An English Mystery by Laura Thompson
— Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
Shedunnit episodes referenced:
— At Home with Agatha Christie
— Agatha The Adventuress
— Agatha's Archaeologists
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There are no spoilers in this episode.
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Agatha Christie's Many Houses

Meet the hypochondriacs of golden age detective fiction.
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now in the UK and published on 24th April in North America. To find out more and get your copy, visit my website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.
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There are some minor spoilers in this episode — no solutions to whodunnits totally revealed, but some plot details discussed. If you want to avoiding knowing such details about something that you're reading or plan to read, please consult the list of books and stories in the episode description before proceeding.
Mentioned in this episode:
— "The Case of the Perfect Maid" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple's Final Cases
— N or M? by Agatha Christie
— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
— Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
— Black Plumes by Margery Allingham
— "The Blue Geranium" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Thirteen Problems
— The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie
— Fear for Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers
— A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
— 4.50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
— Family Matters by Anthony Rolls
— “They Don’t Wear Labels” by E.M. Delafield, collected in Capital Crimes
— Below Suspicion by John Dickson Carr
— Blue Murder by Harriet Rutland
— Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh
— Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham
— Poison in the Garden Suburb by G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
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You Probably Imagined It!

A scientific murder mystery.
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is published in April. To find out more and register for the exclusive pre-order bonus material, visit my website carolinecrampton.com.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— "The Tea Leaf" by Robert Eustace and Edgar Jepson
Related Shedunnit Episodes:
— Who Was Robert Eustace?
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The Tea Leaf

The crime fiction of Lucy Beatrice Malleson deserves to be better known.
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is published in April. To find out more and register for the exclusive pre-order bonus material, visit my website carolinecrampton.com.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— Three-A-Penny by Lucy Malleson
— Cat and the Canary by John Willard
— The Man Who Was London by J. Kilmeny Keith
— “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” by Walter Scott
— Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
— The Tragedy at Freyne by Anthony Gilbert
— The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson
— Death at Four Corners by Anthony Gilbert
— An Old Lady Dies by Anthony Gilbert
— The Mystery of the Open Window by Anthony Gilbert
— The Night in the Fog by Anthony Gilbert
— Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
— Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert
— The Man in Button Boots by Anthony Gilbert
— Courtier to Death by Anthony Gilbert
— Murder by Experts by Anthony Gilbert
— A Nice Little Killing by Anthony Gilbert
— Death Wears a Mask by Anthony Gilbert
— Death in the Wrong Room by Anthony Gilbert
— The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert
— The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert
— Lady Killer by Anthony Gilbert
— Death Takes A Wife by Anthony Gilbert
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
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This episode is free of spoilers.
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Lucy, Anthony and Anne

Helen Zaltzman is the guest for this dissection of the first green penguin.
Until 26:43, the discussion is free of major spoilers. At that point, as you will hear us say, we enter the spoiler zone and you can expect spoilers until the end.
Helen's podcast The Allusionist is available wherever you are listening to this or at theallusionist.org
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is published in April. To find out more and register for the exclusive pre-order bonus material, visit my website carolinecrampton.com.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
Related Shedunnit Episodes:
— Death at the Club
— A Mysterious Glossary
— The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)

One visit to Agatha Christie changed everything.
Thank you to my guest, Jules Burt, for sharing his book-collecting experiences and knowledge with us. You can learn more about his collection on his YouTube channel, Jules Burt Collections and Unboxings at youtube.com/@JulesBurt.
My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is published in April. To find out more and register for the exclusive pre-order bonus material, visit my website carolinecrampton.com.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Ulysses by James Joyce
— Ariel by André Maurois
— Death on the Borough Council by Josephine Bell
— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell
— Taken on Trust by Terry Waite
— Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— Allen Lane: King Penguin by J.E. Morpurgo
— Penguin Special: Life and Times of Allen Lane by Jeremy Lewis
— Mushroom Jungle: A History of Postwar Paperback Publishing by Stephen Holland
— The Penguin Story by W.E. Williams
— ‘A Paperback Guide to Progress: Penguin Books 1935– c .1951’ by Nicholas Joicey in Twentieth Century British History, 1993
Shedunnit Episodes Mentioned:
— The Nobodies
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The Green Penguin

A conversation about how Shedunnit is made.
Mentioned in this episode:
— Death and the Sisters by Heather Redmond
— Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne
— The Birthday Murder by Lange Lewis
— Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson
Authors Mentioned:
— Richard and Frances Lockridge
— Rudolph Fisher
Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:
— Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth
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A Reading Life

Time travelling, murder mystery style.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
— The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr
— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers
— A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
— Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham
— Checkmate to Murder by ECR Lorac
— That Yew Tree's Shade by Cyril Hare
— Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare
— A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
— From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell
— Cover Her Face by PD James
— The Face of Trespass by Ruth Rendell
— Malice Aforethought by Frances Iles
— Before the Fact by Frances Iles
— The Crozier Pharaohs by Gladys Mitchell
— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell
— Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
— Original Sin by PD James
— End of Chapter by Nicholas Blake
— Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
— The Secret Place by Tana French
Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:
— A Century of Whodunnits
— A Second Century of Whodunnits
— The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning, with guest Tana French
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Whodunnit Centenary: 1924

Renée read her first detective novel in the 1930s. She hasn’t stopped since.
This archive episode of Shedunnit (my personal favourite of all the ones I've ever made) was first published on 2nd September 2020.
You can read Renée's obituary here. Her crime novels, The Wild Card and Blood Matters, are available from all good booksellers.
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Books and sources:
—These Two Hands by Renée
—Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
—Wednesday to come by Renée
—Setting the table by Renée
—An interview with Renée from 2017 on RNZ
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The Lifelong Fan (Replay)

Not every mystery needs a murder.
There are minor details shared for all the novels and stories listed below, but no major plot revelations in this episode.
Mentioned in this episode:
— “The Flying Stars” by G.K. Chesterton, collected in The Innocence of Father Brown
— A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
— The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
— Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
— An English Murder by Cyril Hare
— Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
— The Santa Claus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
— The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake
— Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh
— The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake
— "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in a book of the same name
— "Stuffing" by Edgar Wallace, collected in Silent Nights, edited by Martin Edwards
— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
— “The Mystery of Mrs Bardell’s Xmas Pudding” by Gwyn Evans
— “The Ghost’s Touch” by Fergus Hume, collected in The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries, edited by Otto Penzler
— A Maigret Christmas by Georges Simenon
— “The Reprisal” by Michael Innes
— Catt Out of the Bag by Clifford Witting
— "The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep” by Catharine Louisa Pirkis, collected in A Surprise for Christmas, edited by Martin Edwards
— “Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech” by Cyril Hare, collected in The Christmas Card Crime, edited by Martin Edwards
— A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
— Deck The Halls by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
— “Christmas Eve” by S.C. Roberts, collected in The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries, edited by Otto Penzler
— “The Necklace of Pearls” by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in Silent Nights, edited by Martin Edwards
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The Murderless Christmas Mystery

A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
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Spoilers: there will be minor details shared for all the novels and stories listed below, and major spoilers towards the end for The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace. The latter will be flagged just before I get to it, so you can safely listen to the rest of the episode and just skip that part when I tell you.
Mentioned in this episode:
— A Master of Mysteries by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace
— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
— An Honourable Miss by L.T. Meade
— A World of Girls by L.T. Meade
— Stories from the Diary of a Doctor by L.T. Meade and Clifford Halifax
— The Experiences of the Oracle of Maddox Street by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace
— The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace
— The Sorceress of the Strand by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace
— The Face in the Dark by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace
— Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror edited by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh and Henry Jellett
— "The Tea Leaf" by Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace
— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace
— Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
Additional sources consulted:
— “The Mystery of Robert Eustace” by Joe Christopher, The Armchair Detective Quarterly volume 13, issue 4, Fall 1980
— Rivaling Conan Doyle: L. T. Meade’s Medical Mysteries, New Woman Criminals, and Literary Celebrity at the Victorian Fin de Siècle by Janis Dawson, English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, Volume 58, Number 1, 2015
— Dorothy L Sayers, Nine Literary Studies by Trevor H. Hall
— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Eric Sandberg
— “Nature Is Lopsided”: Muscarine as Scientific and Literary Fascinosum in Dorothy L. Sayers’ The Documents in the Case by Bettina Wahrig in Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema: Precarious Identities, 2017
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Edith Thompson
— The Dispenser
— Dorothy's Secret
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Who Was Robert Eustace?

Private members’ clubs are surprisingly popular with corpses.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— Death at the Club by Miles Burton
— "The Angel in the House" by Coventry Patmore, collected in The Angel in the House
— Maurice by E. M. Forster
— Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton
— “The Case of the Old Man in the Window” by Margery Allingham, collected in Mr. Campion and Others
— Keep It Quiet by Richard Hull
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Mutual Admiration Society
— Back to School
— The Detection Club
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Death at the Club

How Adelaide Bartlett got away with murder.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Anatomy of Murder by the Detection Club
— Sweet Adalaide by Julian Symons
Additional books consulted:
— The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett, both 1886 and 1927 editions
— Victorian Murderesses by Mary S. Hartman
— Molecules of Murder by John Emsley
— Crime and the Respectable Woman: Toward a Pattern of Middle-Class Female Criminality in Nineteenth-Century France and England by Mary S. Hartman
— Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion by Linda Stratmann
— The Secret Poisoner by Linda Stratmann
— Closing Argument to the Jury for the Defense in Criminal Cases by G. Arthur Martin
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Edith Thompson
— The Telephone Call
— The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning
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The Pimlico Poisoning Mystery

The supernatural and the rational come together in the murder mystery.
Thank you to my returning guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She’s also the author of Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie
— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
— The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance
— Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell
— Calendar of Crime by Ellery Queen
— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
— The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr
— The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr
— Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
— When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell
— Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
— The Unicorn Murders by John Dickson Carr
— A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr
— He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
— The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe
— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Knock Knock
— Murder Isn't Easy
— The Golden Age Autopsy
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Spooky Sleuthing

Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse had a lot in common.
Thank you to my guest, Eliza Easton, for joining me.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse
— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Butler Did It 
— Death Under Par 
— Cricket and Crime
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Agatha and Plum

Wouldn’t sleuthing be so much easier if the dead could speak to the living?
This episode was first released on 18th September 2019.
Be aware: there are no major (ending!) spoilers in this episode but there are plot descriptions given of the books listed below.
Books mentioned:
— Strong Poison  by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Peril at End House  by Agatha Christie
— Murder Most Unladylike  by Robin Stevens
— The Plague Court Murders  by John Dickson Carr
— When Last I Died  by Gladys Mitchell
— The Sittaford Mystery  by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness  by Agatha Christie
— “The Last Seance” in The Hound of Death  by Agatha Christie
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Knock Knock (Replay)

What's in the true detective fiction fan's library?
Be aware: there are no major (ending!) spoilers in this episode but there are plot descriptions given of the books listed below.
Books recommended:
— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley
— The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
— Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— The Hollow by Agatha Christie
— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
— The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
— The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
— Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
— Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers
Episodes mentioned:
— The Great Gladys
— The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley
— Young Sleuths
— Dining with Death
— Queering The Golden Age
— The Christie Completists
— The Honkaku Mysteries
— Lifelong Fan
— The Evolution of Margery Allingham
— The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers
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Shedunnit Recommends

Murder does like to be beside the seaside.
Thanks very much to my guests. Dr Allan Brodie is a visiting fellow at Bournemouth University and the author of books including England's Seaside Heritage from the Air. Dr Kathryn Ferry is a historian of the British seaside and the author of books including The British Seaside Holiday, more information available at kathrynferry.co.uk.
Be aware: there is a brief, non-specific mention of suicide in this episode. There are no major spoilers and non-spoiler details given about the books listed below.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude
— The Sea Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Mist on the Saltings by Henry Wade
— The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— N or M? by Agatha Christie
— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Seat of the Scornful by John Dickson Carr
— When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell
— “Razor Edge” by Anthony Berkeley, collected in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
— The Case of the Haven Hotel by Christopher Bush
— A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
— Mystery at Lynden Sands by JJ Connington
— And Being Dead by Margaret Erskine
— The Crime Coast by Elizabeth Gill
— The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Episode 1 of "Mysteries of Summer": Cricket and Crime
— Episode 2 of "Mysteries of Summer": Murder in a Heatwave
— Murder on Holiday
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Murder-on-Sea

When the temperature rises, don't lose your cool.
Thanks to my guest Cecily Gayford — you can find more information about Murder in a Heatwave and all the other anthologies she has edited via the website for Profile Books.
Be aware: there are spoilers in this episode for the the story "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran" by Dorothy L. Sayers. There are non-spoiler details given about the other books listed below.
Mentioned in this episode:
— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
— A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black
— The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch
— Murder in a Heatwave, edited by Cecily Gayford
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Episode 1 of "Mysteries of Summer": Cricket and Crime
— Murder on Holiday
— Death Under Par
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Murder in a Heatwave

Why are crime writers so bowled over by the game?
Thank you to my guests, Dr. Andrew Green and cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman. You can find more cricket-related content and news from Andy by listening to Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5, or via his podcast, The Bugle Ashes Urncast.
Be aware: there are spoilers in this episode for the plot of Murder Must Advertise and non-spoiler details given about the other books listed below.
Mentioned in this episode:
— "The Adventure of the Priory School" by Arthur Conan Doyle, featured in The Return of Sherlock Holmes
— "The Adventure of the Three Students" Arthur Conan Doyle, featured in The Return of Sherlock Holmes
— Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of the Ashes by Arunabha Sengupta
— Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Test by Stanley Shaw
— Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers
— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Clues of the Caribbees by TS Stribling
— Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera by Simon Brett
— Murder at School by James Hilton
— "The Guilty Vicarage" by WH Auden
— Alibi Innings by Barbara Worsley-Gough
— Murder Isn't Cricket by E and MA Radford
— The Amazing Test Match Crime by Adrian Arlington
— The Test Match Murder by Alfred Tack
— Death Before Wicket by Nancy Spain
— Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood
— W.G. Grace’s Last Case by Willie Rushton
— Test Kill by Ted Baxter
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Murder on Holiday
— Death Under Par
— The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers
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Cricket and Crime

How do we approach offensive language in texts from previous times?
Be aware that this episode includes discussion of prejudice, slurs and "of its time" attitudes and language.
Thank you to my guest, Subhadra Das. You can find more information about her work at her website subhadradas.com and her book (Un)Civilised: Ten Lies That Made the West is available for pre-order.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, introduction by Shafquat Towheed
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:
— A Mysterious Glossary
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Editing Agatha Christie

What happens when a couple of socialists decide to write mysteries?
Thanks to my guest, Curtis Evans. If you are interested in his book, The Spectrum of the English Murder, it is available through Blackwell's and other booksellers. 
Join Caroline and guest Teresa Peschel for a free live episode of Shedunnit on YouTube on 15th July at 7pm UK time. More details: shedunnitshow.com/liveepisode
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Spectrum of English Murder by by Curtis Evans
— The World of Labour by GDH Cole
— An Introduction to Trade Unionism by GDH Cole
— The Intelligent Man's Guide Through World Chaos by GDH Cole
— What Marx Really Meant by GDH Cole
— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts
— The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole
— The Death of a Millionaire by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Snobbery With Violence by Colin Watson
— Big Business Murder by GDH and Margaret Cole
— The Brothers Sackville by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Disgrace To The College by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Double Blackmail by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Murder at the Munition Works by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Scandal at School by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Burglars In Buck by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Greek Tragedy by GDH and Margaret Cole
— Knife in the Dark by GDH and Margaret Cole
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers
— Double Trouble
— Policing the Detectives
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Meet The Coles

A feminist take on the gossiping busybody of St Mary Mead.
Thanks to my guest, Leandra Griffith. As well as being Shedunnit's production assistant, she posts about mysteries on her Instagram @leandra_thetbrzero and her YouTube channel.
Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.
Mentioned in the episode:
— Nemesis by Agatha Christie
— "The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Thirteen Problems
— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie's The Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Surplus Women
— The Christie Completists
— Queering The Golden Age
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Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth

The tragic tale of Alma Rattenbury. 
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Mentioned in the episode:
— The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club
— Stay of Execution by Eliot Crawshay-Williams
— The Fatal Passions of Alma Rattenbury by Sean O'Connor
— Cause Célèbre by Terence Rattigan
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Edith Thompson
— The Trials of Madeleine Smith
— Florence Maybrick I and Florence Maybrick II
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The Villa Murder

The parallel lives of a writer and her detective.
Thanks to my guest, Julia Jones. Her biography of Margery Allingham is available now through all good bookshops.
Mentioned in the episode:
— Margery Allingham: A Biography by Julia Jones
— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
— Blackkerchief Dick by Margery Allingham
— Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham
— Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham
— The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
— The China Governess by Margery Allingham
— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
— The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham
— The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham
— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham
— The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham
— The Relay by Margery Allingham
— Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham
— The Mind Readers by Margery Allingham
— Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham
— Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham
— Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory by Julia Jones
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Margery Allingham Waits for the Invasion
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The Evolution of Margery Allingham

If you need a golden age detective fiction recommendation, we are at your service.
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Books mentioned in the episode:
— A Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh
— Common or Garden Crime by Sheila Pim
— Unholy Dying by RT Campbell
— The Death Cap by RT Campbell
— Black Orchids by Rex Stout
— Up the Garden Path by John Rhode
— False Scent by Ngaio Marsh
— A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud by Karl Sabbagh
— Dead Man's Quarry by Ianthe Jerrold
— The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull
— Death on Tiptoe by RC Ashby
— Noonday and Night by Gladys Mitchell
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson
— Death of an Author by ECR Lorac
— The Mysterious Mr Badman by WF Harvey
— Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells
— Bodies in a Bookshop by RT Campbell
— Murder by the Book, edited by Martin Edwards
— Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores, edited by Otto Penzler
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— A Case of Books by Bruce Graeme
— The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson
— Mystery at Geneva by Rose Macaulay
— The Death of a Diplomat by Peter Oldfeld
— Murder at School by Glen Trevor
— "Manx Gold" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Harlequin Tea Set and While the Light Lasts
— These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac
— The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen
— The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
— Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
— Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh
— Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
— Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
— Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh
— Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh
— The Bungalow Mystery by Anne Haynes
— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham
— Quick Curtain by Alan Melville
— Black Express by Conyth Little
— The Norths Meet Murder by Frances and Richard Lockridge
— The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
— Murder on Safari by Elspeth Huxley
— The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer
— Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston
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The Murder Mystery Hotline

Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.
To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.
Mentioned in the episode:
— The Murder on the Links (1923) by Agatha Christie
— “The Murder on the Golf Links” (1907) by Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, featured in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards
— A Lost Leader (1906) by E. Phillips Oppenheim
— Hints on the Game of Golf by Horace G Hutchinson
— The Book of Golf and Golfers by Horace G Hutchinson
— The Lost Golfer (1930) by Horace G Hutchinson
— Tish Plays the Game (1921) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
— The Viaduct Murder (1925) by Ronald Knox
— The Bunker at the 5th (1927) by Marcus Dods
— “The Red Golf Ball” by Gerald Verner, featured in Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards
— Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie
— The Murder on the Sixth Hole (aka The Strange Death of Martin Green) by David Frome
— Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) by Miles Burton
— Fer-de-Lance (1934) by Rex Stout
— Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie
— “The Sweet Shot” (1939) by EC Bentley
— Trent’s Own Case (1936) by EC Bentley
— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley
— Mr. Malcolm Presents (1932) by Gerard Fairlie
— The Case of the Green Felt Hat (1937) by Christopher Bush
— Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly
— The Body in the Bunker by Herbert Adams
— Death Off the Fairway by Herbert Adams
— Nineteenth Hole Mystery by Herbert Adams
— Death on the First Tee by Herbert Adams
— The Secret of Bogey House (1924) by Herbert Adams
— Unfinished Portrait (1934) by Mary Westmacott
— My Late Wives (1946) by Carter Dickson
— An Awkward Lie (1952) by Michael Innes
— Fair Prey (1956) by William Campbell Gault
— The Big Gamble (1958) by George Harmon Coxe
— Murder at the Open (1965) by Angus MacVicar
— Deadly Putter (1979) by Ted Dexter and Clifford Makins
— Death of a Low-Handicap Man (1974) by Brian Ball
— A Hole in One (2005) by Catherine Aird
— Administration Can Be Murder (2000) by Richard L. Baldwin
— Death from the Ladies' Tee (1992) by James Y Bartlett
— Murder in the Rough, collection edited by Otto Penzler
— Open Season (2005) by Jim Moriarty
— Par for the Corpse by Kathleen Kelly Sprissler
Other golf-related titles not mentioned:
— The Heart of a Goof (1926) by PG Wodehouse
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— The Death of the Country House
— Murder on Holiday
— The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot
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Death Under Par

Step inside the mortuary.
Thanks to my guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. Her book, Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, has lots more on this subject, as does her previous appearance on Shedunnit, Murder Isn't Easy.
Mentioned in the episode:
— Murder Isn't Easy by Carla Valentine
— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
— "The Lernean Hydra" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Labours of Hercules
— Notable Trials books (Shedunnit episode on the subject linked below)
— One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Murder Isn't Easy
— Notable Trials
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The Golden Age Autopsy

Come with me on a tour of Greenway.
Special thanks to Clive and everyone at the National Trust for making me and my microphone welcome at Greenway, and to Sarah Thrift for arranging it. I'm also grateful to my friend Elizabeth Minkel, who spent the afternoon doing this even though she has only read one Christie novel in her whole life. She has her own podcast, Fansplaining, which I highly recommend.
Books mentioned in this episode:
— Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
— Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
— Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
— Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh
Related Shedunnit episodes about Agatha Christie:
— Agatha Christie Writes Alone
— Agatha's Archaeologists
— The Dispenser
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At Home With Agatha Christie

What if you are found neither innocent nor guilty?
Books mentioned in this episode
— The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
— The House in Queen Anne Square by William Darling Lyell
— Madeleine Smith: A Tragi-Comedy in Two Acts by Winifred Duke
— Trial of Madeleine Smith (Notable British Trials), appraisal by F. Tennyson Jesse
— Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain by Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair
— The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith by Douglas MacGowan
— Letty Lynton by Marie Belloc Lowndes
— Alas, for Her That Met Me! by Mary Ann Ashe (Christianna Brand)
Previous Shedunnit episodes mentioned
— Florence Maybrick I and Florence Maybrick II, originally published 15 May and 12 June 2019
— Edith Thompson, originally published 9 January 2019
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The Trials of Madeleine Smith

A most golden age murder.
Books mentioned in this episode
— Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence
— The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
— There Came Both Mist and Snow by Michael Innes
— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
— Too Soon to Die by Henry Wade
— The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird
— Strange Bedfellows by Andrew Soutar
— Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
— Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
— Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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The Death Of The Country House

How do you say goodbye to a long-running character?
Many thanks to my guest, Elly Griffiths. Her latest book is The Last Remains. There are no spoilers in this episode for the contents of the book, beyond the fact that it is the last "for now", which Elly has already announced.
Books mentioned in this episode
— Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie
— The Clocks by Agatha Christie
— Curtain by Agatha Christie
— The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
— The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
— The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
— The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths
— A Room Full Of Bones by Elly Griffiths
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths
— Marple: Twelve New Stories
Previous Shedunnit episodes mentioned
— Swan Song
— Agatha Christie Writes Alone
— Golden Age Inspiration with guest Elly Griffiths
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A Detective's Farewell

She wrote five successful murder mysteries and then vanished without a trace.
Mentioned in this episode: 
— Postscript to Poison by Dorothy Bowers
— Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers
— A Deed Without A Name by Dorothy Bowers
— Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers
— The Bells at Old Bailey by Dorothy Bowers
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The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers

She created Lord Peter Wimsey — and also some excellent slogans about mustard.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton
— Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life And Soul by Barbara Reynolds
— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life by David Coomes
— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Eric Sandberg
— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography by James Brabazon
— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
— "The Psychology of Advertising" by Dorothy L. Sayers in the Spectator
— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
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