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Renée read her first detective novel in the 1930s. She hasn’t stopped since. Special thanks to my guest Renée. Her first crime novel is The Wild Card. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. 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 To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/lifelongfantranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It started with dinner and ended with a group of crime writers swearing an oath on a skull. Special thanks to my guest Martin Edwards. His latest novel is Mortmain Hall and he’s on Twitter as @medwardsbooks. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —The Complete Father Brown Mysteries by G.K. Chesterton —Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club by Stephen Wade —The Scoop and Behind the Screen by Members of the Detection Club —The Floating Admiral by Members of the Detection Club —Ask a Policeman by Members of the Detection Club —Martin Edwards's website —Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards —Gallows Court by Martin Edwards —The Sinking Admiral by Members of the Detection Club —The Anatomy of Murder by Members of the Detection Club —Howdunit by Members of the Detection Club To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/detectionclubtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If a woman needs a room of her own and £500 a year to write fiction, what does she need in order to write crime fiction? Special thanks to my guest Francesca Wade. Her book is Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars. She’s on Twitter @francescawade. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade —A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf —Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton —Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? by Katrine Marcal —Are Women Human?: Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers —In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens by Alice Walker —Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phyllis Wheatley To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/aroomtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This summer, you can still travel to the murderous destinations visited by your favourite detectives. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/murderonholiday. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers —Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh —At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie —“Triangle at Rhodes” in Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie —“The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan” in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie —Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie —Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers —Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh —Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers —Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie —Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie —Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie —Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh —Forever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars by Alison Light —The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey —Calamity in Kent by John Rowland —The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude —The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie —A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie —Death in Clairvoyance by Josephine Bell —Tour de Force by Christianna Brand —When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh —Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac —Dead Men Don’t Ski by Patricia Moyes —“The Erymanthian Boar” from The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie —Peril at End House by Agatha Christie —Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —“The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face” fromLord Peter Views The Body by Dorothy L. Sayers —Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie —“The Blood Stained Pavement” and “The Companion” fromThe Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie —Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards —Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays edited by Cecily Gayford —Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer edited by Cecily Gayford To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/murderonholidaytranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She wrote over 70 detective novels and won the praise of that most stern of critics, Dorothy L. Sayers. Yet golden age author E.C.R. Lorac is now a mystery to most modern crime fiction fans. What happened? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/ecrlorac. Special thanks to my guest Sarah Ward. She is the author of several crime novels under her own name, and her Gothic thriller The Quickening comes out in August under the name Rhiannon Ward. You can pre-order that here or find out more on her website crimepieces.com. She’s on Twitter @SarahRWard1. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac —The Murder on the Burrows by E.C.R. Lorac —Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R. Lorac —Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac —Picture of Death by E.C.R. Lorac —Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac —Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac —Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac —Fire in the Thatch by E.C.R. Lorac —Shroud of Darkness by E.C.R. Lorac —Masters of the Humdrum Mystery by Curtis Evans —Curtis Evans' blog The Passing Tramp —Martin Edwards' blog Do You Write Under Your Own Name? To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/ecrloractranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes, Agatha Christie didn’t want to be Agatha Christie. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacott. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie —The Big Four by Agatha Christie —The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie —The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie —Giant’s Bread by Mary Westmacott —“The Lady Vanishes” — episode 4 of Shedunnit about Christie’s disappearance —Rosalind Hicks’ article about Mary Westmacott —Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott —The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie —And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie —The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie —The Rose and the Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie —Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott —Agatha Christie: The Woman and her Mysteries by Gillian Gill —“A Hidden Body in the Library: Mary Westmacott: Agatha Christie, and Emotional Violence” by Sarah E. Whitney from Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol 29 Number 1, Spring 2011 —Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacotttranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was one thing that Dorothy L. Sayers never told anyone. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/dorothyssecret. Resources, donation links and diverse crime fiction suggestions are at shedunnitshow.com/blacklivesmatter. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton —The Devil is an English Gentleman by John Cournos —Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds —Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist edited by Barbara Reynolds —Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers: Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays edited by Carole Vanderhoof —Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage For Life by David Coomes To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/dorothyssecrettranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not who, or how, but why. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/cuibono. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers —Heir Presumptive by Henry Wade —The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox —The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr —Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey —The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons —Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie —The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie —After the Funeral by Agatha Christie —The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne —Too Many Cousins by Douglas G Browne —Dead March for Penelope Blow by George Bellairs —4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie —Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham —The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin —"The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleaguer’s Will” and "The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach” by Dorothy L. Sayers, both collected in Lord Peter Views the Body To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/cuibonotranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The perfect collection is never complete. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thecollectors. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Dance of the Years by Margery Allingham —Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie —Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie —Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie —Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie —Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie —Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie —Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thecollectorstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is that smiling nurse in the pristine white cap here to save your life, or to bring it to an untimely end? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/bedsidemanner. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins —Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James —Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers —Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie —"The Blue Geranium" in The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie —The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie —Hilda Wade by Grant Allen —Miss Pinkerton by Mary Roberts Rinehart —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —Don't Open the Door by Anthony Gilbert —Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh —The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh —Cherry Ames, Student Nurse by Helen Wells —Green for Danger by Christianna Brand To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/bedsidemannertranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the best murder mysteries start with a scone laced with arsenic. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thehaypoisoner. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup —Exhumation of a Murder by Robin Odell —Dead Not Buried by Martin Beales —Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles —The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley —Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer —Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases by Douglas E Browne and EV Tullett To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thehaypoisonertranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a reason why Agatha Christie knew so much about poisons. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thedispenser. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup —"In a Dispensary" by Agatha Christie from the collection The Road of Dreams —Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie —Guardian Obituary: Rosalind Hicks by Janet Morgan —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie —"Dame Agatha's Dispensary" by Eunice Bonow Bardell in Pharmacy in History, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1984)To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thedispensertranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would Peter Wimsey be without Harriet Vane? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/happilyeverafter. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —"Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories" by SS Van Dine —Ronald Knox’s Decalogue —Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr —The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle —The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie —N or M? by Agatha Christie —By The Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie —Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie —The Big Four by Agatha Christie —"The Capture of Cerberus" from The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie —Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh —Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh —Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh —Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh —Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham —Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham —The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —"Romance and the Literary Detective: The Legacy of Dorothy Sayers" by Cushing Street —Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #1) —Thrones, Dominations by Jill Paton Walsh —The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/happilyeveraftertranscript. Music by Audioblocks. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What could be a better place for a murder than a boat, out at sea? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/allatsea. Get a copy of my book, The Way to the Sea, from Blackwell’s here or request it at your local bookshop or library. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Several of the short stories I mentioned are collected in Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves from the British Library —And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie —Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh —Nine – And Death Makes Ten by Carter Dickson —The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie —"Four Friends and Death" by Christopher St John Sprigg —"Man Overboard" by Edmund Crispin —"The Blood Stained Pavement" by Agatha Christie —Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie —The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson —"Bullion!" by William Hope Hodgson —"The Thimble River Mystery" by Josephine Bell —The Floating Admiral by the Detection Club —Fatal Venture by Freeman Wills Crofts To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/allatseatranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Agatha Christie’s spooky story inspired real life murderers and detectives. A friendly warning: there are major spoilers for The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie in this episode. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thepalehorse. Special thanks today to my guests Kathryn Harkup and Sarah Phelps. Kathryn’s book is A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie and she’s on Twitter @RotwangsRobot. Sarah’s adaptation of The Pale Horse is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer and in the US on Amazon Prime from 13 March. She’s on Twitter @PhelpsieSarah. Also, I’m indebted to Nick Hilton of Podot Pods for his recording assistance. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie —Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh —"How Agatha Christie mystery The Pale Horse may have inspired a murderer" by Kathryn Harkup for the Guardian —A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thepalehorsetranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Philip Larkin, a reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thegreatgladys. Special thanks today to my guest Lee Randall. You can follow her on Twitter @randallwrites and read her writing about Gladys Mitchell here. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —"Rediscovering Gladys Mitchell" by Lee Randall on Bookslut —"Open that window, Miss Menzies" by Patricia Craig in the London Review of Books —Philip Larkin on Gladys Mitchell in the Observer —On the Philip Larkin Collection in the British Library —Interview with Gladys Mitchell by B.A. Pike in the Armchair Detective, October 1976 —Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell —Brought to Book: Philip Larkin and His Bibliographer by B.C. Bloomfield —Here Lies Gloria Mundy by Gladys Mitchell —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell —When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell —Printer's Error by Gladys Mitchell —Brazen Tongue by Gladys Mitchell —Sleuth's Alchemy by Gladys Mitchell —Nest of Vipers by Gladys Mitchell —Here Comes a Chopper by Gladys Mitchell —Hangman's Curfew by Gladys Mitchell —Spotted Hemlock by Gladys Mitchell —Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell —The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thegreatgladystranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Detective fiction has always been regarded as a lesser kind of literature. So how do you teach it in a university? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/teachingsleuthing. Special thanks today to my guest Dr Victoria Stewart. You can follow her on Twitter @verbivorial and order her book Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age here. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —"Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" by Edmund Wilson —"The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe —The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins —The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle —Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E.W.Hornung —Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie —The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —"The Case of Agatha Christie" by John Lanchester in the London Review of BooksTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/teachingsleuthingstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decades before Miss Marple, there were Victorian lady sleuths taking on the world with their bloomers and their bicycles. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/victorianpioneers. Special thanks today to my guest Olivia Rutigliano. You can follow her on Twitter @oldrutigliano and reader her recent article for Lapham’s Quarterly “The Lady Is A Detective” here. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime edited by Michael Sims —The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories edited by Michael SimsTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/victorianpioneersstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist. It can create a sinister atmosphere, keep suspects and murderer stormbound, and preserve the footprints of anyone who dares to escape. What could be more seasonal or festive than that? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/letitsnow. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Give the gift of membership at shedunnitbookclub.com/gift. Books and sources: —Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie —Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) by Agatha Christie —Mystery in White (1937) by J. Jefferson Farjeon —Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries (2015) edited by Martin Edwards —The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie —The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers —"The Erymanthian Boar" in The Labours of Hercules (1947) by Agatha Christie —An English Murder (1951) by Cyril Hare —Death and the Dancing Footman (1942) by Ngaio Marsh —Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) by Agatha Christie —Stairway to Murder (1959) by Osmington Mills —There Came Both Mist and Snow (1940) by Michael Innes —The Sad Variety (1964) by Nicholas Blake —Blood Upon the Snow (1944) by Hilda Lawrence —The Slype (1927) by by Russell Thorndike — Hangman's Holiday (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers —Groaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow (1950) by Gladys Mitchell —The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941) by Nicholas Blake —1222 (2011) by Anne Holt —The Snowman (2007) by Jo Nesbo —Whiteout (2011) by Ragnar Jonasson To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/letitsnowtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Bedingfield, Emily Trefusis, Lucy Eyelesbarrow: why is it that Agatha Christie’s adventurous, highly competent young women never get to become recurring sleuths? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/competentwomen. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Give the gift of membership at shedunnitbookclub.com/gift. Books and sources: —Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran —The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie —The Secret Adversary (1922) by Agatha Christie —The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) by Agatha Christie —The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie —The Secret of Chimneys (1925) by Agatha Christie —The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) by Agatha Christie —The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie —Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie —They Came to Baghdad (1951) by Agatha Christie —4.50 From Paddington (1957) by Agatha Christie To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/competentwomentranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did a legal history series become so well known that even Lord Peter Wimsey owned a set? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/notabletrials. Special thanks today to my guest Dr Victoria Stewart. You can follow her on Twitter @verbivorial and order her book Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age here. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Strong Poison (1930) by Dorothy L. Sayers —A Pin To See The Peep Show (1934) by F Tennyson Jesse —Portrait of Fryn: Biography of F.Tennyson Jesse (1984) by Joanna Colenbrander —The Anatomy of Murder (1936) by The Detection Club —The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) by Anthony Berkeley —Malice Aforethought (1931) by Francis Iles —"Decline of the English Murder" (1946) by George Orwell —Death at the Opera (1934) by Gladys Mitchell To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/notabletrialstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One chilly night in November 1912, a group of young women gathered together to share their writing with each other. From that meeting, we got Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, and so much more besides. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/mas. Special thanks today to my guest Mo Moulton, you can follow them on Twitter @hammock_tussock and order their book The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers And Her Oxford Circle Remade The World For Women at Amazon, Waterstones, Hive or your local independent bookshop. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton —Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Live and Soul by Barbara Reynolds —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/mastranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The detective’s sidekick is a fundamental building block of the classic whodunnit. But they don’t often get full credit for the vital role they play in solving mysteries. Until now, that is. Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/sidekicks. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie —The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle —The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe —The Detective As Reader: Narrativity And Reading Concepts In Detective Fiction by Peter Hühn —Closure in Detective Fiction by Eyal Segal —The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie —Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie —Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie —Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/sidekickstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s something so linear and definite about a train journey — it can only take you from A to B, with no possible deviations. Except when murder intervenes, and throws everything off the rails. Find links to all the books mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/offtherails. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books and sources: —The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle —"The Fallow Fields of Fiction" by Arnold Bennett in The Author's Craft: And Other Critical Writings of Arnold Bennett —The Edwardian Detective: 1901-15 by Joseph A Kestner —Thrilling Stories of the Railway by V.L. Whitechurch —The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts —Bloody Murder by Julian Symons —Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-19 by Curtis Evans —"A Mystery of the Underground" by John Oxenham, collected in Capital Crimes: London Mysteries —4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie —The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie —The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie —The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan —Stamboul Train by Graham Greene —Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith —The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White —The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins —The Railway Detective by Edward Marston To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/offtherailstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wouldn’t sleuthing be so much easier if the dead could speak to the living? Find links to all the books mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/knockknock. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books and sources in order of appearance: —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 To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/knockknocktranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. But three times? Three women dead in identical circumstances is highly suspicious. Find links to all the books mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/bridesinthebath. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books and sources in order of appearance: —The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Brides in the Bath by Jane Robins —Notable British Trials: George Joseph Smith —British Newspaper Archive —Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie —The Bath Mysteries by E.R. Punshon —"Three Is A Lucky Number" in The Allingham Casebook by Margery Allingham To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/bridesinthebathtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we have the final episode in my summer break guest series: 'Golden Age Detective Fiction' from Words To That Effect by Conor Reid. It first appeared on his feed in May 2019, and if you listen very closely you might recognise his interviewee. Find Words To That Effect at wttepodcast.com and in all good podcast apps. For the full shownotes and credits of this episode, see wttepodcast.com/golden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on my summer break guest series, we have Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist again (along with my husband Guy Cuthbertson) talking about the books we read to feel better when we're ill — plenty of detective fiction, of course. This episode first appeared on Helen's podcast in August 2018. Find The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and in all good podcast apps. Find the full shownotes, credits and transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/convalescence I've got one more guest episode coming up for you in August, and then I'll be back with a new Shedunnit on 4 September. In the meantime, you can find me chilling out with a detective novel in the Shedunnit book club forum, available to paying supporters of the podcast through shedunnitshow.com/membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm taking a summer break from making the podcast, but I've roped in some friends to keep you entertained while I'm gone. Today, we have Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist, with three pieces about alter egos in an episode that first appeared on her show in April 2019. Keep your ears peeled until the last act, because you might just recognise her interviewee. Find The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and in all good podcast apps. Find the full shownotes, credits and transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/alter-ego. I've got two more guest episodes coming up for you in August, and then I'll be back with a new Shedunnit on 4 September. In the meantime, you can find me chilling out with a detective novel in the Shedunnit book club forum, available to paying supporters of the podcast through shedunnitshow.com/membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Maud West, a real life lady detective from the golden age of detective fiction who lived a very colourful life — as well as sleuthing, she liked to dress up as Charlie Chaplin and once threatened to shoot a ghost. But who was she, really? Find links to all the books mentioned and more details about my guests at shedunnitshow.com/theladydetective. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Get a free audiobook via Audible at shedunnitshow.com/audible Guest: —Susannah Stapleton, author of The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton —British Women in the Twentieth Century by Elsie M. Lang —Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/theladydetectivetranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

School is an enclosed world that breeds tension and suspicion and stress. No wonder it's such a perfect setting for a murder mystery. Find links to all the books mentioned and more details about my guests at shedunnitshow.com/backtoschool. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Contributors: —Moira Redmond, author of the Clothes in Books blog —Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike book series Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Governess, or The Little Female Academy by Sarah Fielding —Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë —David Copperfield by Charles Dickens —Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes —A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil —The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton —The School at the Chalet by Elinor Brent-Dyer —Moira's blog about The Silent Three —First Term at Mallory Towers by Enid Blyton —The Clue in the Castle by Joyce Bevins Webb - Rare Book —A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey —Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie —Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser —The Secret Place by Tana French —Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens —First Class Murder by Robin Stevens —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/backtoschooltranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain’s legal system to the limit. But what happened to Florence Maybrick? This is the second of a two part story — listen to episode 16 first at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybrick. Find links to further information and sources at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwo. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books consulted for research: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup —Did She Kill Him? by Kate Colquhoun —The Anatomy of Murder by Members of the Detection Club To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwotranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The River Thames has always had a dark side. Its fast-flowing, tidal waters have long attracted those with something to hide. Find links to further reading and sources at shedunnitshow.com/onthethames. You can order my book about the Thames, The Way to the Sea, from Waterstones, Amazon or an independent bookshop. For international purchases, Amazon is (sadly) the best option. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books mentioned in order: —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox —”Dark Waters” by Freeman Wills Crofts is collected in Bodies from the Library —Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell —A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey Further Thames reading: —Original Sin by P.D. James —Strange Tide by Christopher Fowler —Trouble on the Thames by Victor Bridges To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/onthethamestranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A shipboard romance that somehow became one of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history. This is the story of Florence Maybrick. Check back for part two of this story on 12 June. Find links to further information and sources at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybrick. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books consulted for research: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup —Did She Kill Him? by Kate Colquhoun —The Anatomy of Murder by Members of the Detection Club To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Sponsor: —Audible: get a free audiobook of your choice and help the show out at the same time at shedunnitshow.com/audible. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Murder mysteries: if you believe the clichés, they all happened in the 1920s and 1930s, surrounded by flappers and butlers. But let’s take a second to wonder — why is it that detective fiction is so closely associated with this period style? Find more information about my guest Jacqueline Winspear and the Maisie Dobbs books at her website jacquelinewinspear.com and get links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/periodstyle. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham —A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway —Ariel by André Maurois —The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers —Third Girl by Agatha Christie —Halloween Party by Agatha Christie —Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear —The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Sponsor: —The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, published by HarperCollins. Enter the competition to win a copy by sending an email to [email protected]. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/periodstyletranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authors’ names loom large when we think about detective stories. Yet many of them are pseudonyms, created just to appear on book covers. But why go to all this trouble? And what makes a good pen name, anyway? Find more information about my guest Helen Fields / H.S. Chandler at her website helenfields.co.uk and get links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/pseudonyms. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership. Read about why I’ve started the book club here. Subscribe to The Allusionist podcast by Helen Zaltzman to catch Caroline on her pseudonyms episode next week. Find it at theallusionist.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Man in the Queue by Gordon Daviot / Josephine Tey —A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf —Josephine Tey: A Life by Jennifer Morag Henderson —Kif: An Unvarnished History by Elizabeth Mackintosh —Richard of Bordeaux, a play in two acts by Gordon Daviot —A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey —Degrees of Guilt by H.S. Chandler Sponsor: —The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, published by HarperCollins. Enter the competition to win a copy by sending an email to [email protected]. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/pseudonymstranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By any definition, the New Zealand crime writer Ngaio Marsh lived an extraordinary life. But who was she really, this globetrotting blockbuster author who divided her life between opposite sides of the world? Find more information about my guest Joanne Drayton and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/ngaiomarsh. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist. Things mentioned in order of appearance: —The Lonely Palette podcast —Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton —A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh —Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie —The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers —Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh —Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh Further reading and sources: —Ngaio Marsh: A Life by Margaret Lewis (the authorised biography from 1991) —Black Beech and Honeydew by Ngaio Marsh (her autobiography) —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards Sponsor: —The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, published by HarperCollins. Enter the competition to win a copy by sending an email to [email protected]. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/ngaiomarshtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writing is usually a solitary pastime, yet a group of detective fiction authors in the early 1930s decided to work together on murder mystery stories. Is it possible to construct a compelling whodunnit this way, or do too many cooks spoil the broth? Fill out the audience survey and have your say in the future of the podcast at shedunnitshow.com/survey. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/roundrobin. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist. Books and articles mentioned in order of appearance: —The Scoop & Behind the Screen by members of the Detection Club —The Floating Admiral by certain members of the Detection Club —The Fate of Fenella by Arthur Conan Doyle and others —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —Ask A Policeman by members of the Detection Club —The Anatomy of Murder by members of the Detection Club —Six Against the Yard by members of the Detection Club —The Sinking Admiral by members of the Detection Club Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/roundrobintranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some sleuths need no introduction. But other characters, also created by famous authors like Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, lurk in obscurity. In this episode, we're on the hunt for the other detectives. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/theotherdetectives. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist. Books and articles mentioned in order of appearance: —The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie —Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie —The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy —N or M? by Agatha Christie —By The Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie —Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie —In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers (first collection with Montague Egg stories) —Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (second collection with Montague Egg stories) —Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers —"The Divine Detective in the Guilty Vicarage" by Dr Robert Zaslavsky Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/theotherdetectivestranscript Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On 6 October 1926, a woman went into a cloakroom in Boulogne, France and never came out. She was never seen alive again. Her disappearance captivated the world, and even detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers tried to solve the case. This is the story of Nurse Daniels. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/nursedaniels. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist. Books mentioned in order of appearance: —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers Other sources and further reading: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds —The British Newspaper Archive Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/nursedanielstranscript Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A good detective story has a recognisable rhythm and plot points. But how did these tropes come about? And what happens when you break the rules? Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/therules. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist. Books and articles mentioned in order of appearance: —The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne —T. S. Eliot on detective fiction —The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins —S. S. van Dine's "Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories" —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers —Ronald Knox's Decalogue —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr —The Eye in the Museum by J. J. Connington —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —"Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" by Edmund Wilson —Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie —The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/therulestranscript Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Food matters in books. It helps to set the scene, build up characters and evoke a period, and it also symbolises comfort, security and domesticity. Yet in detective fiction, food can also be a method for murder. Everything is lovely at the family dinner, until somebody clutches their throat, turns blue in the face, and falls face forward into the soup. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/diningwithdeath. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Kate Young is the author of The Little Library Cookbook. Follow her on Instagram @bakingfiction and find out more about her work at thelittlelibrarycafe.com. Books mentioned in order of appearance (please be aware that there are minor spoilers for some stories in this episode): —At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie —A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie —The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young —The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers —A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup —Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham —Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie —They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —"The Thumb Mark of St Peter" and "The Tuesday Night Club" in The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie —Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers —Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie —A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie —Crèmes & châtiments : Recettes délicieuses et criminelles d'Agatha Christie by Anne Martinetti - French Language Only —The Lord Peter Wimsey Cookbook by Elizabeth Bond Ryan and William J Eakins —Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie —The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/diningwithdeathtranscript NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the morning of 9 January 1923, a brutal and horrifying execution took place at Holloway Prison in London. The condemned young woman screamed and cried, but no last minute reprieve arrived. Long after she was dead, her story would inspire authors like James Joyce, E.M. Delafield, Dorothy L. Sayers and Sarah Waters, and you can find traces of it in many detective novels published in the decades since. This is the story of Edith Thompson. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/ediththompson. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Books mentioned in order of appearance: —Bella Donna by Robert Hichens —Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson by Rene Weis —Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —Messalina of the Suburbs by E.M. Delafield —The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield —As for the Woman by Francis Iles (aka Anthony Berkeley) —The Anatomy of Murder by the Detection Club —The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace —Crooked House by Agatha Christie —Before the Fact by Francis Iles (aka Anthony Berkeley) —A Pin to See the Peepshow by Fryn Tennyson Jesse —The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/ediththompsontranscript NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For many people, their main contact with detective fiction is via film and television adaptations. For a huge global audience, Agatha Christie's work is as often watched as it is read. Any new production is greeted with intense scrutiny, so what is it really like to adapt these stories? Screenwriter Sarah Phelps, the woman behind the recent BBC versions of And Then There Were None, Witness for the Prosecution, Ordeal by Innocence and now The ABC Murders, explains. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/adaptations. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Contributors: —Sarah Phelps, who is on Twitter as @PhelpsieSarah. Books and stories mentioned in order of appearance: —The 1928 film "The Passing of Mr Quin" is based on the short story "The Coming of Mr. Quin", which part of the Agatha Christie collection The Mysterious Mr. Quin —And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie —"Witness for the Prosecution" by Agatha Christie —Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie —The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie —Agatha Christie on Screen by Mark Aldridge Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/adaptationstranscript NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reading crime fiction from the early twentieth century is a really popular activity at Christmas. It's nice to curl up with a good whodunnit by the fire, but if we stop and think about it, reading about complicated ways for people to die is not exactly the most festive thing to do. So why is it that we love crime at Christmas? Contributors: —Cecily Gayford, senior commissioning editor at Profile —Anna Leszkiewicz, deputy culture editor at the New Statesman. Read her article about cosy murder mysteries here. Books and stories mentioned in order of appearance: —The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers —Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie —Murder in the Snow: a Cotswold Christmas Mystery by Gladys Mitchell —The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay —Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story by Anne Meredith —A Very Murderous Christmas edited by Cecily Gayford —The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées by Agatha Christie —Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (includes 'The Necklace of Pearls') Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/crimeatchristmastranscript NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Agatha Christie disappeared in 1926, nobody could find her. Books mentioned in order of appearance —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie —The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers —Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan —Agatha by Kathleen Tynan —Agatha Christie and the Missing Eleven Days by Jared Code —Agatha Christie: The Finished Portrait by Andrew Norman —A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson —The Big Four by Agatha Christie —The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie —The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie —The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie —Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott Sources: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopaedia by Matthew Bunson —The British Newspaper Archive Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/theladyvanishestranscript. NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The detective stories of the 1920s and 30s aren't exactly well known for being at the vanguard of the struggle for gay rights. But there are queer clues everywhere in these books, if you only know where to look for them. Contributors: —JC Bernthal, academic and author of Queering Agatha Christie —Moira Redmond, journalist and blogger at clothesinbooks.blogspot.com Books referenced in order of appearance —Queering Agatha Christie by JC Bernthal —The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie —A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers —Murder in the Closet edited by Curtis Evans and with essays by multiple authors, including Moira Redmond —Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey —Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie —Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/queercluestranscript. NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The detective writers of the 1920s and 1930s weren't working a vacuum. They took a keen interest in the crimes of their time, often weaving elements from actual murder cases into their plots or referencing them directly. And there was one case, a murder both infamous and domestic, that interested the likes of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Anthony Berkeley more than any other. This real life murder mystery has everything: a body hidden in the cellar, adultery, a transatlantic steamship pursuit, cross dressing, and a pleasingly ambiguous ending. It was referenced in novels more than any other by the detective writers of the golden age, and did a great deal to shape the genre as we know it today. This is the story of Dr Crippen. Books referenced in order of appearance: —Walter Dew: The Man Who Caught Crippen by Nicholas Connell —Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie —The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley —Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie —Malice Aforethought by Frances Iles (aka Anthony Berkeley) —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —"The Lernean Hydra" in The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie —The Case with Nine Solutions by J. J. Connington —The House That Berry Built by Dornford Yates —Henbane by Catherine Meadows —Dancing for the Hangman by Martin Edwards You can find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/crippentranscript. NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are spinsters always solving mysteries? Contributors: —Rosemary Cresswell, senior lecturer in global history at the University of Hull. Follow her on Twitter @RosieCresswell. —Camilla Nelson, associate professor of writing at the University of Notre Dame Australia. —Helen Parkinson Further reading: —A field guide to spinsters in English fiction —'Surplus women': a legacy of World War One? —Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson. —The Shadow of Marriage by Katherine Holden —Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers NB: Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. You can find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/surpluswomentranscript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a couple of decades between the first and second world wars, something mysterious happened. A golden age of detective fiction dawned, and people around the world are still devouring books from this time by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Gladys Mitchell, Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey and more. In this podcast, Caroline Crampton will be unravelling the mysteries behind such classic detective stories, looking at the social, literary and political context in which these writers worked. If you've ever stayed up late reading under the covers to find out whodunnit, then this podcast is for you. Find the show at shedunnitshow.com, on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and in all major podcast apps. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the first episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. You can find a full transcript of this mini episode at shedunnitshow.com/whodunnittranscript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices