When the temperature rises, don't lose your cool.

Thanks to my guest Cecily Gayford — you can find more information about Murder in a Heatwave and all the other anthologies she has edited via the website for Profile Books.

Be aware: there are spoilers in this episode for the the story "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran" by Dorothy L. Sayers. There are non-spoiler details given about the other books listed below.

Mentioned in this episode:

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black

— The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch

— Murder in a Heatwave, edited by Cecily Gayford

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Episode 1 of "Mysteries of Summer": Cricket and Crime

— Murder on Holiday

— Death Under Par

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