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Death Under Par


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Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

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Mentioned in the episode:

The Murder on the Links (1923) by Agatha Christie

— “The Murder on the Golf Links” (1907) by Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, featured in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

A Lost Leader (1906) by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Hints on the Game of Golf by Horace G Hutchinson

The Book of Golf and Golfers by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Lost Golfer (1930) by Horace G Hutchinson

Tish Plays the Game (1921) by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Viaduct Murder (1925) by Ronald Knox

— The Bunker at the 5th (1927) by Marcus Dods

— “The Red Golf Ball” by Gerald Verner, featured in Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie

— The Murder on the Sixth Hole (aka The Strange Death of Martin Green) by David Frome

— Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) by Miles Burton

Fer-de-Lance (1934) by Rex Stout

Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie

— “The Sweet Shot” (1939) by EC Bentley

Trent’s Own Case (1936) by EC Bentley

Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley

— Mr. Malcolm Presents (1932) by Gerard Fairlie

The Case of the Green Felt Hat (1937) by Christopher Bush

Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly

The Body in the Bunker by Herbert Adams

— Death Off the Fairway by Herbert Adams

— Nineteenth Hole Mystery by Herbert Adams

— Death on the First Tee by Herbert Adams

— The Secret of Bogey House (1924) by Herbert Adams

Unfinished Portrait (1934) by Mary Westmacott

My Late Wives (1946) by Carter Dickson

An Awkward Lie (1952) by Michael Innes

— Fair Prey (1956) by William Campbell Gault

The Big Gamble (1958) by George Harmon Coxe

Murder at the Open (1965) by Angus MacVicar

Deadly Putter (1979) by Ted Dexter and Clifford Makins

Death of a Low-Handicap Man (1974) by Brian Ball

— A Hole in One (2005) by Catherine Aird

Administration Can Be Murder (2000) by Richard L. Baldwin

Death from the Ladies' Tee (1992) by James Y Bartlett

— Murder in the Rough, collection edited by Otto Penzler

Open Season (2005) by Jim Moriarty

Par for the Corpse by Kathleen Kelly Sprissler

Other golf-related titles not mentioned:

The Heart of a Goof (1926) by PG Wodehouse

Related Shedunnit episodes:

The Death of the Country House

Murder on Holiday

The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot

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