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December 10, 2025 • 23 mins
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 C...
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November 26, 2025 • 55 mins
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.
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November 12, 2025 • 26 mins
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.
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October 29, 2025 • 27 mins
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 Chan...
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October 15, 2025 • 38 mins
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 Pr...
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October 1, 2025 • 24 mins
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 Thu...
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September 17, 2025 • 38 mins
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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September 3, 2025 • 33 mins
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 Mart...
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August 20, 2025 • 39 mins
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 Mys...
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August 6, 2025 • 21 mins
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 ...
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July 23, 2025 • 26 mins
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—...
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July 9, 2025 • 44 mins
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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June 25, 2025 • 41 mins
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 A...
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June 11, 2025 • 26 mins
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 ...
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May 28, 2025 • 25 mins
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...
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May 14, 2025 • 43 mins
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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April 30, 2025 • 33 mins
Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer.
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April 16, 2025 • 23 mins
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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April 2, 2025 • 40 mins
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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March 19, 2025 • 25 mins
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 ...
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