This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for April 2023, in which we are reading The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö. There is a non-spoilery plot summary and some discussion of structure included, so you've been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 30th April.

Links: — Vote for our July book — The reading themes for 2023 — The book suggestions thread — Watching party ideas thread

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Coming up: in May our book is Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart and in June we reading Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters.

The voting for what we read for August will be opening very soon, so if there's anything you’d like to see on the shortlist then please do post about it in the forum or email me on [email protected].

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