This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for April 2021, in which we are reading Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you’ve been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31 March.

Relevant links: — The ECR Lorac episode of the main podcast (for more discussion of an Inspector Hazelrigg-esque detective — The primer episode about Ngaio Marsh’s Death at the Bar (for additional British legal system explanations)

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In May we are reading Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie.

I’m going to open the voting on what we read for June very soon — I propose that we make this our one month where we read a more modern book that is inspired by the golden age of detective fiction. I’ve already had some great suggestions to titles to go on the shortlist, including Thrones Dominations by Jill Paton Walsh, An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson and Gallows Court by Martin Edwards, but if you’ve got anything else you’d like to add then please do post about it in the forum or email me on [email protected].

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