(Old feed) Shedunnit Book Club — Seasoned Detectives

Meet Maud West, a real life lady detective from the golden age of detective fiction who lived a very colourful life — as well as sleuthing, she liked to dress up as Charlie Chaplin and once threatened to shoot a ghost. But who was she, really?

Find links to all the books mentioned and more details about my guests at shedunnitshow.com/theladydetective.

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Guest: —Susannah Stapleton, author of The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective

Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton —British Women in the Twentieth Century by Elsie M. Lang —Lady Molly of Scotland Yard  by Baroness Orczy

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Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for July 2019, in which we are reading The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey. There is a brief non-spoilery plot summary included, but you can definitely listen to this even if you haven’t finished the book yet and it won’t ruin the ending. I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum on 31 July for our full discussion thread.

School is an enclosed world that breeds tension and suspicion and stress. No wonder it's such a perfect setting for a murder mystery.

Find links to all the books mentioned and more details about my guests at shedunnitshow.com/backtoschool.

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Contributors: —Moira Redmond, author of the Clothes in Books blog —Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike book series

Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Governess, or The Little Female Academy by Sarah Fielding —Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë —David Copperfield  by Charles Dickens —Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes —A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil —The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton —The School at the Chalet by Elinor Brent-Dyer —Moira's blog about The Silent Three —First Term at Mallory Towers  by Enid Blyton —The Clue in the Castle by Joyce Bevins Webb - Rare Book —A Question of Proof  by Nicholas Blake —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey —Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie —Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser —The Secret Place by Tana French —Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens —First Class Murder  by Robin Stevens —Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

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Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwotranscript.

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This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for June 2019, in which we are reading Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers. There is a brief non-spoilery plot summary included, but you can definitely listen to this even if you haven’t finished the book yet and it won’t ruin the ending. I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum on 26 June for our full discussion thread.

This one is a bit of a throwback — to the third ever episode of Shedunnit, Queer Clues. Here, you’ll hear both of my guests from that episode in their full uncut conversation all about the queer characters in detective fiction and how they became interested in this topic.

Find full shownotes and credits at shedunnitshow.com/queerclues. 

Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain's legal system to the limit. But what happened to Florence Maybrick?

This is the second of a two part story — listen to episode 16 first at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybrick.

Find links to further information and sources at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwo.

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Books consulted for research: —The Golden Age of Murder  by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic  by Kathryn Harkup —Did She Kill Him?  by Kate Colquhoun —The Anatomy of Murder  by Members of the Detection Club

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Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwotranscript.

Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

The River Thames has always had a dark side. Its fast-flowing, tidal waters have long attracted those with something to hide.

Find links to further reading and sources at shedunnitshow.com/onthethames.

You can order my book about the Thames, The Way to the Sea, from Waterstones, Amazon or an independent bookshop. For international purchases, Amazon is (sadly) the best option.

Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.

Books mentioned in order: —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox —"Dark Waters" by Freeman Wills Crofts is collected in Bodies from the Library —Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell —A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

Further Thames reading: —Original Sin by P.D. James —Strange Tide by Christopher Fowler —Trouble on the Thames by Victor Bridges

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Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/onthethamestranscript.

Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

Full interview with Jacqueline Winspear, author of the Maisie Dobbs books, which had to be cut for time from episode 15. Jacqueline talks about her research process, how she came up with her central character, and how she deals with the gruelling schedule of writing a book a year.

If you’d like to find out more about Jacqueline’s books, you can visit her website at jacquelinewinspear.com. I also really recommend subscribing to her monthly email newsletter that you can find on her site, where she writes in more detail about her writing and research.

A shipboard romance that somehow became one of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history. This is the story of Florence Maybrick.

Check back for part two of this story on 12 June.

Find links to further information and sources at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybrick.

Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.

Books consulted for research: —The Golden Age of Murder  by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic  by Kathryn Harkup —Did She Kill Him?  by Kate Colquhoun —The Anatomy of Murder  by Members of the Detection Club

To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

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Sponsor: —Audible: get a free audiobook of your choice and  help the show out at the same time at shedunnitshow.com/audible.

Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktranscript.

Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details.

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for May 2019, in which we are reading Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie. There is a brief non-spoilery plot summary included, but you can definitely listen to this even if you haven’t finished the book yet and it won’t ruin the ending. I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum on 29 May for our full discussion thread.