What happens when two people write a whodunnit together?

Thanks to my guests, Cordelia Biddle and Steve Zettler. They write separately under their own names and together under the pseudonym Nero Blanc. The whole Crossword Mysteries series can be found at crosswordmysteries.com, where there are links to buy each title.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Find links to all the books mentioned in this episode at shedunnitshow.com/doubletrouble.

Books mentioned:

— Tidy Death by Nap Lombard

— The Life of G.D.H. Cole by Margaret Cole

— The Floating Admiral by the Detection Club

— Murder's a Swine by Nap Lombard

— Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen de Guerry Simpson

— Regiment of Women by Clemence Dane

— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh and Henry Jellett

— The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc

— Death on the Diagonal by Nero Blanc

Further listening:

— The "Round Robin" episode about multi-author whodunnits

— The "Detection Club" episode about the group of golden age authors who participated in these projects

— The "Mutual Admiration Society" episode about the collaboration between Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St Clare Byrne

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