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Episodes
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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March 5, 2025 • 40 mins
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 S...
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February 19, 2025 • 25 mins
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 Myst...
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February 5, 2025 • 51 mins
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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January 22, 2025 • 38 mins
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 Adver...
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January 8, 2025 • 27 mins
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
— ...
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December 25, 2024 • 24 mins
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 M...
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December 11, 2024 • 23 mins
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
— Herc...
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