For our VERY FIRST episode, we're packing a literary first aid kit for surviving (and solving) a murder mystery! Will our books spare us from becoming the victim of a most grisly murder? Let's hope so...

Angela's first aid kit:

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Nicola's first aid kit:

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Other resources/books we mention:

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

CBC IDEAS podcast: 'Reading with a Grain of Salt' (3-part series)

@ferguscraig on Twitter - 'Detective Roger LeCarre' (Dad reads from his crime novel)

Find us on Twitter @firstaidlit and share your thoughts - what would you pack in your first aid kit? Let us know.

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