Clued in Mystery Podcast
The Clued in Mystery podcast explores mystery and the different ways we enjoy the genre through books, TV, film, and podcasts. Your hosts, authors Brook Peterson and Sarah M Stephen, love reading, watching, listening to, and talking about mysteries. Join us as we celebrate good mysteries everywhere.
Episodes
In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss modern great and award winning author Lynda La Plante.
Discussed and Mentioned
Widows (TV series 1983 and 1985) ITV
Prime Suspect (TV series 1991 to 2006) ITV
Above Suspicion (2004) Lynda La Plante
The Red Dahlia (2006) Lynda La Plante
Listening to the Dead (podcast 2020 to 2026)
The Circular Staircase (1908) Mary Roberts Reinhardt
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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss mysteries that include paranormal elements with author Naomi Kuttner, author of the paranormal mystery series The Retired Assassin's Guide.
Discussed and mentioned
Thursday Murder Club (2021) Richard Osman
The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening(2025) Naomi Kuttner
The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting (2025) Naomi Kuttner
The Retired Assassin's Guide to Amateur Theatrics(20...
In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss mysteries that include paranormal elements: ghosts, spirits, and other unexplainable phenomena.
Discussed and mentioned
The Last Seance (1926) Agatha Christie
Kincaid Strange series by Kristi Charish
Mitzi Moon series by Trixie Silvertale
Pebble Cove series by Eryn Scott
Halloween Party (1969) Agatha Christie
Lockwood & Co series by Jonathan Stroud
London Séance Society (2023) Sarah Penner
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Brook and Sarah are joined by Ande Pliego to discuss suspense, Christie, and tropes.
Discussed and mentioned
You Are Fatally Invited (2025) Ande Pliego
The Library After Dark (2026) Ande Pliego
And Then There Were None (1939) Agatha Christie
Spells for Forgetting (2022) Adrienne Young
For more about Ande Pliego
Website: https://www.andepliego.com
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Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is one of the most read books of all time. In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss why it continues to be a favourite and the tropes that it features.
Discussed and mentioned
And Then There Were None (1939) Agatha Christie
One by One (2020) Ruth Ware
The Sanatorium (2021) Sarah Pearse
The Invisible Host (1930) Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning
Among Us (2018) Innersloth
The Decagon House M...
Hercule Poirot is Agatha Christie's most famous sleuth, and the last one in Brook and Sarah's series exploring her characters. In this episode they discuss his origins and why he continues to be popular.
Discussed and mentioned
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Agatha Christie
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (1975) Agatha Christie
At the Villa Rose (1910) A. E. W. Mason
Hickory Dickory Dock (1955) Agatha Christie
The Big Four (1927) Aga...
Brook and Sarah discuss why reading, and reading mysteries in particular, is good for you.
Discussed and mentioned
Sam Goldstein, "Why We Love a Good Mystery" (14 March 2025) Psychology Today
Everybody Loves Raymond (American TV Sitcom 1996-2005)
Related Episodes
Mysteries Without Murder (released September 27, 2022)
Craft and Hobby Mysteries (released March 3, 2026)
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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss how a mystery is typically structured and what happens when a mystery takes a different approach.
Discussed and mentioned
His & Hers (2025) Netflix-based on the book (2020) by Alice Feeney
Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996) CBS
Related episodes
Reverse Mysteries (released February 24, 2026)
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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss the difference between mysteries on screen resolved in a single episode and ones that take multiple episodes to resolve.
Discussed and mentioned
The Woman in Suite 11 (2025) Ruth Ware
Telecrime (1938-39 and 1946) BBC
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004-2013) ITV
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-2013) ITV
Knives Out (2019) Netflix
Thursday Murder Club (2025 film) Netflix
Gone Girl (2014 film) 20th Centur...
This is a re-release of an episode that originally aired May 3, 2022.
In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Anna Katharine Green, whose writing inspired Agatha Christie. Green’s 1878 novel, The Leavenworth Case, is one of the first to include a detailed coroner’s inquest and ballistic evidence and set the stage for generations of future mystery authors.
Discussed and mentioned
The Leavenworth Case (1878) Anna Katharine ...
This is a re-release of an episode that originally aired May 16, 2023.
Brook and Sarah continue their exploration of G.K. Chesterton this week. They discuss his mysteries featuring Father Brown and the legacies of this ecclesiastical sleuth.
Discussed
The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) G.K. Chesterton
Father Brown Mysteries (2013-present) BBC
Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022-present) BBC
Father Dowling Mysteries (1987-1991) NBC, ABC
This is a re-release of an episode that originally aired May 9, 2023.
This week, in the first of two episodes about G.K. Chesterton, Brook and Sarah look at his life and find out why he was such a fascinating man and the influence he had on literature and life in the early 20th century.
Discussed
Orthodoxy (1908) G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton's work on Project Gutenberg
Radio adaptations of Father Brown
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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss modern great Val McDermid.
Discussed and mentioned
The Mermaids Singing (1995) Val McDermid
Clean Break: A Kate Brannigan Mystery (2011 Radio play) Val McDermid
Village SOS (2012 Radio Play) Val McDermid
"Second Murder At The Vicarage" in Marple, 12 New Mysteries (2022) Val McDermid
Forensics, The Anatomy of Crime (2014) Val McDermid
Queen Macbeth (2024) Val McDermid
Wire in the Blood (2002-2008)...
In today's episode, Brook and Sarah speak with Reagan Davis, author of the Knitorious Murder Mysteries series, and discuss the overlap between crafts and mysteries.
Discussed and mentioned
About Reagan Davis
Related episodes
Craft and Hobby Mysteries (released March 3, 2026)
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Brook and Sarah discuss adapting Agatha Christie and other classic mystery tales for younger audiences with Marci Kay Monson, author of the Mini Mystery series.
Discussed and mentioned
And Then There Were None (1939) Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Agatha Christie
The Mystery of the Blue Train (1929) Agatha Christie
The Secret of the Blue Clock (1930) Carolyn Keene
About Marci
Marci Kay Monson is the author of the M...
Many mystery fans love to craft, or so it seems based on the number of titles in this popular sub-genre. In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss what makes a craft and hobby mystery.
Discussed and mentioned
Picking Up the Pieces (2024) J. B. Abbott
Button Holed (2011) Kylie Logan
Crossword Mysteries (2019-2021) Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Garage Sale Mystery (2013-2019) Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Rosemary & Thyme (2003&n...
In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss reverse mysteries, or "how catch 'ems," where the audience knows who the culprit is from the beginning.
Discussed and mentioned
Columbo (1971–2003) Television series
Malice Aforethought (1931) Francis Iles (Anthony Berkeley Cox)
The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) Freeman Wills Crofts
Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight (1930) R. Austin Freeman
Dial M for Murder (1954) Alfred Hitchcock — Film a...
In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Mary Roberts Rinehart's lasting impact on mystery fiction, even if readers aren't directly familiar with her work.
Discussed and mentioned
The Circular Staircase (1908) Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Bat (1920) Mary Roberts Rinehart with Avery Hopwood
The Window at the White Cat (1910) Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart's papers at University of Pittsburgh
Correspondence with Ellery Queen
Re...
In honour of nearly four years' worth of episodes, Brook and Sarah discuss the bonuses that subscribers to the free Clued in Chronicle can look forward to and share plans for the podcast future. Note: all bonuses that were previously available as part of the Clued in Cartel paid membership are now available for free to Clued in Chronicle newsletter subscribers.
Discussed and mentioned
Clued in Watch Alongs:
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Brook and Sarah are joined by Mikhl Yashinsky, who translated 15 short stories written by Jonas Kreppel in the early twentieth century. Featuring Max Spitzkopf--billed as "The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes"--the stories were incredibly popular with the Jewish community in Vienna, and thanks to Yashinsky, are now available for English readers to enjoy.
Discussed and mentioned
Adventures of Max Spitzkopf (2025) Jonas Kreppel (transl...
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