We take a literary train ride to examine the flimsy alibi in Detective Academy Q: Episode 23 with mystery guest Caleb Zane Huett.

In the anime, a picture book author thinks she's devised the perfect crime. On our podcast, a children's book author argues that she really, really hasn't. Plus: Michael becomes the Captain of the Podcast, and we brainstorm a few theories for an anonymous amorous Kingkiller Chronicles postcard.

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guest Caleb Zane Huett, author of middle-grade books Top Elf (https://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9781338052121) and the upcoming Buster (https://www.avidbookshop.com/book/9781338541885).

Check out Caleb's podcasts:

You're Too Show - http://youretooshow.com

Every Day's Great - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/every-days-great-persona-day-by-day/id1228998470

We spoil one of the most unexpected endings of any mystery novel, and find out who will be crowned "Detective Champion" on Part 2 of Dying Message Challenge.

This is the gameshow/bookclub two-part spin-off conclusion you have been waiting for! It's an all out (and very courteous brawl) as we finally get some time to dive into all the secrets in this book.

Warning: We are utterly spoiling the ending of the murder mystery Murder in the Crooked House by Sojia Shimada. If you haven't listened to Part 1, you'll want to start there (It was episode 13 of the podcast).

Spin-off podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Face Punch" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our amateur sleuths Neil Bardhan, Kate Esposito, and Michael Savitski.

Find Neil on Twitter @neilpbardhan, and check out Kate's podcast Blue Sky Ed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-sky-ed/id1482203969.

Is it a book club? Is it a game show? Our spin-off: Dying Message Challenge is a little bit of both!

Three contestants try to solve the murders in the novel Murder in the Crooked House before reading the end of the book. They'll earn additional points in a series of challenges posed by host Noah Max Levine, and compete for the title of "Detective Champion."

Part 1 spoils parts of the book -- but does not spoil the solution to the murders. If you enjoy our coverage of mystery anime, see what we can do with a Japanese mystery novel!

Spin-off podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Face Punch" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our amateur sleuths Neil Bardhan, Kate Esposito, and Michael Savitski.

Find Neil on Twitter @neilpbardhan, and check out Kate's podcast Blue Sky Ed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-sky-ed/id1482203969.

Introducing the trailer for our competitive book club Dying Message Challenge: Murder in the Crooked House. Find out more about our upcoming experiment where we take the act of reading a book and turn it into a sick game.

Premiering right here on September 14th, 2020.

Hosted by Noah Max Levine with amateur sleuths Neil Bardhan, Kate Esposito, and Michael Savitski.

Dying Message Challenge cover art created by Myriam Bloom.

Music adapted from Face Punch by Jesse Spillane. (Creative Commons Attribution License).

We devour a bite-sized culinary murder mystery in Detective Academy Q: Episode 22 with mystery guest Kae Lani Palmisano.

There's a chef's table of clues in this tasty mystery, and we've got the perfect guest to whip up something special. Plus: The mystery of who pooped in the sink, and a sneak preview of our competitive bookclub spin-off Dying Message Challenge, premiering next week.

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guest Kae Lani Palmisano (@Kaelanisays on Twitter), Emmy-nominated host of Check Please Philly. Watch Check Please Philly at https://whyy.org/programs/check-please-philly/. More from Kae Lani Palmisano, on her website: www.kaelanisays.com.

We tunnel through the ungodly murders in Detective Academy Q: Episodes 17-21 with mystery guest Ross Weisman.

A deadly virus? A village you can't enter without wearing a mask? Uh oh, this anime from 2003 is weirdly topical in 2020. Let us take you back to a simpler time when trees were for kissing, cordless phones were for murdering, and Spencer's Gifts was the place you could find gifts for Spencer.

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guest Ross Weisman, host of Kidflix (@Kidflixpod on Twitter).

We confront the overly realistic diorama in Detective Academy Q: Episode 16 with returning mystery guests Katie Cwirko and Nick Elmer.

It's a sudden deduction showdown between Class Q and Class A, but Katie and Nick do their best to turn the whole podcast episode into a giant "Which X character are you?" Buzzfeed quiz. The episode was very hard to edit, and very hard to summarize, but it's real easy to listen to!

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guests Katie Cwirko and Nick Elmer.

A beach trip leads us to an underwater locked room in Detective Academy Q: Episode 15 with mystery guest Katie Gansler.

It's your typical anime beach episode with lots of scuba diving and murder sprinkled in. Mike's on hand to tell us about beach episodes, while mystery guest and diver Katie explores the plausibility of this scuba-centric murder.

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guest Katie Gansler.

We investigate a spooky seance murder in Detective Academy Q: Episodes 12-14 with mystery guests Sloane Lewis and Amelia Williams.

Kyuu's mom tries to set him up with a girlfriend, but instead he brings Class Q to debunk a seance. When murder ensues, Sloane and Amelia are on hand to explain just how shitty it all is and to teach us a few lessons!

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guests Sloane Lewis and Amelia Williams.

Follow Sloane's project, a new tabletop RPG The World of Shatterseal, on Twitter @syzygygerund. Follow Amelia's project, Collective 8, an LGTBQ+ media collective providing data-based illustrations of racial injustice in the US on Instagram @Collective_8.

We investigate a series of dismemberments in Detective Academy Q: Episodes 8-11 with mystery guest Paulo Bautista.

In some kind of cruel and mysterious test, the students of DDS are shipped off to a murder training camp where, you guessed it, one of the students get murdered. Luckily, we've got Paulo on hand as we break it all down. Plus: how is Scooby Doo like a detective anime?

Podcast cover art by Myriam Bloom.

Music excerpted from "Solve the Damn Mystery!" by Jesse Spillane.

Thank you to our mystery guest Paulo Bautista (@ninjaboimedia on Twitter). More social media links for Ninja Boi Media and Yet Another Anime Podcast below.

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