Queer Clues
There are queer clues everywhere in golden age murder mysteries, if you only know where to look for them.
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Show Notes
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
—Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
—Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
—Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
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