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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Moonstone Press are very kindly running a special offer for the 30 days after this episode airs: if you buy the paperback set of Erskine Muir's three novels, you get three for the price of two and the podcast gets a little commission for referring you. Take advantage of the special offer at ⁠moonstonepress.co.uk⁠.

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

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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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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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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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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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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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See Caroline in person at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 13th August at 10.45am. Tickets here.

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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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 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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Mentioned in this episode:

— "The Tea Leaf" by Robert Eustace and Edgar Jepson

Related Shedunnit Episodes:

— Who Was Robert Eustace?

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. 

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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