Where is St Mary Mead, anyway?

My guide to Agatha Christie's England is now available to pre-order from the publisher at shedunnitshow.com/map (ships 19th July 2021). It's also available to order from Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's and other booksellers. An audio version is available for purchase at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap (if you are entitled to a free copy from your pre-order, you will have received an email from the publisher about this).

There are no major spoilers either in this episode or the guide.

Books mentioned:

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

— N or M? by Agatha Christie

— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

— Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

— They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie

— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Third Girl by Agatha Christie

— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

— By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

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