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The Servant Problem
How the interwar servant shortage changed detective fiction.
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The Crime Clubs
Do secret societies have any place in murder mysteries?
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Trent's Last Case (Green Penguin Book Club 11)
Australian mystery reading duo Flex and Herds join Caroline to look at this influential whodunnit.
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The Cluefinder
A literary device from the golden age of detective fiction is making a comeback.
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Rediscovering Miss Marple
Getting back in touch with the foremost citizen of St Mary Mead.
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Murder at the Bookshop
Death lurks among the shelves — in crime fiction, that is.
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Death On Paper
There’s a lot of fun to be had with an epistolary mystery.
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The Man in the Dark (Green Penguin Book Club 10)
Golden age expert Kate Jackson joins Caroline to read John Ferguson’s intriguing “Ealing mystery”.
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The Poison Book
How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points.
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The Murder Mystery Hotline II
Our golden age detective fiction recommendation line is at your service.
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An Inspector Calls
Because sometimes, only a professional will do.
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The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9)
Locked room mystery specialist Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s sensational 1905 thriller.
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The Crimes of Dorothy Erskine Muir
Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer.
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Ranking Christianna Brand
Caroline dives deep into Brand’s work to find her favourite novel.
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Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8)
Darryl Jones joins Caroline to discuss the first collection of Raffles stories.
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Oxford vs Cambridge
Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?
Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Masters by C...
The Mystery Short Story
A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.
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Agatha Christie’s Taste in Crime Fiction
She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read?
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The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)
Moira Redmond joins Caroline to consider a surprising medical mystery from 1931.
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On Gaudy Night
Caroline goes deep on Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1935 masterpiece.
At 18:58, there is a brief mention of attempted suicide.
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Whodunnit Centenary: 1925
Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
Books mentioned in this episode:
— 1925: The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
— 1935: G...
Notes & Queries
There’s always more to say about detective fiction.
Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
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Father Christmas
The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.
Mentioned in this episode:
— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbunc...
Bonus: The Box of Delights
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 nove...
Edmund Crispin's Inside Jokes
The creator of amateur sleuth Gervase Fen loved to make fun of detective fiction.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)
Kathryn Harkup is Caroline’s guest for a reconsideration of Agatha Christie’s very first detective novel.
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Vanishing Corpses
Where did that dead body go? It was right here!
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Mysterious Knitting
How to weave the perfect murder mystery plot.
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The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
Martin Edwards joins Caroline to revisit this iconic example of golden age detective fiction.
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The Red Barn Murder
What connects a notorious 1827 murder case with the Detection Club’s cosy Soho clubrooms?
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In the Dentist's Chair
Open wide!
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Instrument of Death
Beware the pipe organ.
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Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
Dolores Gordon-Smith joins Caroline to read this short story collection by H.C. Bailey.
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Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes
Which matters more in a murder mystery, plot or character?
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Death at the Speakeasy
During Prohibition, the cocktails are downright criminal.
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The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
CriminOlly joins Caroline to read this classic of American hardboiled crime fiction.
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Murder in the Library
There’s something sinister in the stacks.
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M...
Dylan's Whodunnits
The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas had a passion for detective stories.
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The Mystery of A.A. Milne
Why didn’t the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh write more detective fiction?
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Bonus: The Chalet School
Caroline Crampton is joined by writer Moira Redmond to talk about the Chalet School books by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
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