Private members’ clubs are surprisingly popular with corpses.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers

— Death at the Club by Miles Burton

— "The Angel in the House" by Coventry Patmore, collected in The Angel in the House

— Maurice by E. M. Forster

— Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton

— “The Case of the Old Man in the Window” by Margery Allingham, collected in Mr. Campion and Others

— Keep It Quiet by Richard Hull

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— The Mutual Admiration Society

— Back to School

— The Detection Club

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