(Old feed) Shedunnit Book Club — Seasoned Detectives

A feminist take on the gossiping busybody of St Mary Mead.

Thanks to my guest, Leandra Griffith. As well as being Shedunnit's production assistant, she posts about mysteries on her Instagram @leandra_thetbrzero and her YouTube channel.

Mentioned in the episode: — Nemesis by Agatha Christie — "The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Thirteen Problems — The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie — The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie — The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — Agatha Christie's The Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Related Shedunnit episodes: — Surplus Women — The Christie Completists — Queering The Golden Age

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The tragic tale of Alma Rattenbury.

Mentioned in the episode: — The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club — Stay of Execution by Eliot Crawshay Williams — The Fatal Passions of Alma Rattenbury by Sean O'Connor — Cause Célèbre by Terence Rattigan

Related Shedunnit episodes: — Edith Thompson (Ad Free) — The Trials of Madeleine Smith (Ad Free) — Florence Maybrick I (Ad Free) and Florence Maybrick II (Ad Free)

NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.

This is your audiobook for May, in which the club has chosen to read a novel with a Scottish setting, and so in keeping with that, we have a Scottish themed audiobook for you. The Edinburgh Mystery was first published in The Old Man in the Corner in 1908. It features her recurring character “the old man in the corner”, Bill Owen, a non descript armchair detective who spends his time eavesdropping on conversations at the ABC teashop on the corner of Norfold Street and the Strand in London. The other protagonist of the stories is one Polly Burton, a lady journalist and a protégé of the old man’s who listens to tales of his exploits.

After listening, if you'd like to discuss this story with other members or make suggestions for me to record in the future, head over to the audiobook club area of the forum to do that.

This is extra audio from my interview with Julia Jones, which appeared in The Evolution of Margery Allingham (Ad Free) of the main podcast. You can find her website here and links to mentioned titles below.

Mentioned in the episode: — Margery Allingham: A Biography by Julia Jones — The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham — Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory by Julia Jones

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This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for May 2023, in which we are reading Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you've been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st May.

Links: — The reading themes for 2023 — The book suggestions thread — Watching party ideas thread

Sign up via email to be alerted when the watching party is about to start — it's happening on Sunday 28th May at 5pm BST. Suggestions for what we watch are very welcome in this forum thread.

In June, we are reading Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters; in July, we are reading The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane; and in August, we are reading Untimely Death by Cyril Hare.

I'm going to open the voting on what we read for September very soon, so if there's anything you’d like to see on the shortlist then please do post about it in the forum or email me on [email protected].

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The parallel lives of a writer and her detective.

Thanks to my guest, Julia Jones. Her biography of Margery Allingham is available now through all good bookshops.

Mentioned in the episode: — Margery Allingham: A Biography by Julia Jones — The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham — Blackkerchief Dick by Margery Allingham — Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham — Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham — Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham — The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham — The China Governess by Margery Allingham — Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham — The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham — The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham — Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham — The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham — The Relay by Margery Allingham — Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham — The Mind Readers by Margery Allingham — Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham — Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham — Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory by Julia Jones

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Margery Allingham Waits for the Invasion (Ad Free)  

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If you need a golden age detective fiction recommendation, we are at your service.

Mentioned in the episode: — A Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh — Common or Garden Crime by Sheila Pim — Unholy Dying by RT Campbell — The Death Cap by RT Campbell — Black Orchids by Rex Stout — Up the Garden Path by John Rhode — False Scent by Ngaio Marsh — A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud by Karl Sabbagh — Dead Man's Quarry by Ianthe Jerrold — The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull — Death on Tiptoe by RC Ashby — Noonday and Night by Gladys Mitchell — The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco — Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson — Death of an Author by ECR Lorac — The Mysterious Mr Badman by WF Harvey — Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells — Bodies in a Bookshop by RT Campbell — Murder by the Book, edited by Martin Edwards — Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores, edited by Otto Penzler — The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie — A Case of Books by Bruce Graeme — The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson — Mystery at Geneva by Rose Macaulay — The Death of a Diplomat by Peter Oldfeld — Murder at School by Glen Trevor — "Manx Gold" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Harlequin Tea Set and While the Light Lasts — These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac — The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen — The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin — Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh — Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh — Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh — Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh — Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh — Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh — The Bungalow Mystery by Anne Haynes — Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham — Quick Curtain by Alan Melville — Black Express by Conyth Little — The Norths Meet Murder by Frances and Richard Lockridge — The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett — Murder on Safari by Elspeth Huxley — The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer — Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston

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Caroline and Leandra discuss a recently popular topic in the Shedunnit Forum: what does it mean when a book or TV series is labeled "cosy"? Thank you, Phil, for introducing this debate to the book club. If you've missed this “Cosiness” query, we encourage you to check it out on the forum after listening to this episode.

Mentioned in the episode: — Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie — The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman — Death and Croissants by Ian Moore — A Half-Baked Murder by Emily George — A Three Dog Problem by SJ Bennett

Other Shedunnit episodes mentioned in the episode: — A Detective's Farewell (Ad Free)

For more book chatter, you might want to follow the podcast on Instagram @ShedunnitShow, or follow Caroline @cacrampton and Leandra @leandra_thetbrzero individually.

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This is your audiobook for April 2023, the Shedunnit Book Club’s mystery in translation month. For this theme, I’ve chosen to read this classic of Japanese crime fiction, first published in 1930. Koga Saburo, along with Taro Hirai aka Edogawa Rampo, was a major figure in the early days of the genre in Japan. Saburo is credited with coining the term “honkaku”, meaning orthodox, to describe the “golden age” style stories that he and his friends were writing that imported some details from the European and American crime fiction that was popular at the time. If you’d like to know more about the Japanese tradition, I made a whole episode about it back in 2021 which I’ll link in the description of this episode. But for now, let’s enjoy Koga Saburo’s story.

After listening, if you'd like to discuss this story with other members or make suggestions for me to record in the future, head over to the audiobook club area of the forum to do that.

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

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: — Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly — The Heart of a Goof (1926) by PG Wodehouse

Related Shedunnit episodes: — The Death of the Country House (Ad Free) — Murder on Holiday (Ad Free) — The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot (Ad Free)

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