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It's that time of year again! The pumpkins are carved, the trick or treaters are out in force and its time for Shark Liver Oil's Halloween Spooky Special! This year we're reading The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe - one of the classic gothic horror short stories. It's got dressing up, a spooky castle, drunken debauchery and a whole heap of dead stuff. It doesn't get much more halloweeny than that does it? If you've any comments to make on the story or the cast send them to [email protected] or find us on twitter @sharkliveroil

Well, where to start with this one? After four glorious episodes of rampant speculation about parlourmaid sexy dances, bloody-dagger-based-cash-in-hand-motivated-murder and (of course) salacious scenes of chronic butler self abuse - our proud theories and tentative conclusions are roundly blown out of the water by a truly spectacular Agatha Christie twist.So come along with us as we discover who really killed Roger Ackroyd. We were absolutely flabbergasted. For all the wrong reasons. Plus! YOUR (and selected internet sources) feedback on the book and the cast in general - including another fantastic offer from the junk mail section. Get your own feedback into us at [email protected] or find us on twitter @sharkliveroil

In part three of Shark Liver Oil's page by page guide to Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd we begin to get a bit frustrated with Poirot's "I've found out something important... but I'm not going to tell you what it is" routine. We also discover such nineteenth century highlights as goose quills, dodgy muddy boots and playing the table top sensation that is "Mah Jong". Oh, and the doctor and detective seem to be closing in on the murderer.. Send your feedback, requests or far out murder theories into us at [email protected] or find us on twitter @sharkliveroil

Shark Liver Oil returns with the second of a four part read through of Agatha Christie's The Death Of Roger Ackroyd. In this section we discover a vital clue in the form of a mysterious gold ring, Dave questions the effectiveness of "oh I couldn't possible be guilty, I'm a woman" as a defence and Matt sticks resolutely to his knife in neck/ sexy dance/ perverted butler theory. Send your predictions, reviews and other stuff into us at [email protected] or find us on twitter @sharkliveroil

We're doing a classic Hercule Poirot mystery novel from the master of the art, Agatha Christie. This book's got it all - a man with a fortune who won't share his cash, suspicious behaviour from close family members, potentially disgusting behaviour on the part of a butler, the world's worst attempt at going incognito, and a very strange way of deciding who is trustworthy (featuring the Daily Mail). Spoilers - Ackroyd isn't long for this earth. But we're in it until the shocking revelation in a few weeks! For now, let us know who you think dunnit at [email protected], or on Twitter via @sharkliveroil.

We are BACK! We all know it's been a long summer without Shark Liver Oil so we've got a bumper-back-to-business podcast for all you little sharklettes out there. We round off our Jurassic Park coverage in style with a scene by scene guide to Stephen Spielberg's blockbuster. We go through the film and compare it to the book and a (probably) genuine early version of the script. We've also got reviews from around the internet, some feedback from an unlikely source and the most comprehensive review of JP characters you'll find anywhere on the internet. And if that isn't enough... we dip a very tentative toe into the International Jurassic Park Erotic Fan Fiction Writers Association. Oh yes, it exists. Get your feedback over to us at [email protected] or find us on twitter @sharkliveroil

It's the final stomping, roaring, chomping edition of our coverage of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton; this week we're reading from 'The Grid' to the end of the book, and it's a doozy. We've got scientists tinned in brine; we've got psychedelic killing machines, and we've got the world's most pathetic death-scene, involving a walk in the woods. And as a special final-episode treat, we've got some reviews from around the world, some of which are positive and some of which are...entertaining. As ever hit us up with your thoughts, opinions or rants: [email protected] or @sharkliveroil on Twitter. We're off for the summer now, so enjoy the beach and we'll see you in September!

It's part 4 of our massive, stomping, bellowing shambles of a read-through of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park! This week is an absolute mammoth, so it's a bit late, but to make up for it we've got it all - we've got raptor boxing, we've got dinosaur ASBOs, and we've got a T-Rex that falls asleep like your grandpa after Christmas dinner. We also spend a couple of minutes fundamentally redefining arithmetic because Michael Crichton brought maths to the table and we SHARKED IT. As ever, get in touch with your thoughts or reviews of the book - next week it's the big finale. [email protected] and @sharliveroil. Roar at us, bro.

It's part 3 of Shark Liver Oil's page by page guide to Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and its a MONSTER of an episode. After two weeks of growing wonder - the kind you can only get from visiting a theme park with actual real live dinosaurs in it - we find out what happens when said Dinosaurs get loose. We don't want to give too much away but it doesn't end well for an overweight computer programmers and red haired publicists with a striking resemblance to a mid 90s pop superstar. Oh, and we lament the greatest park name that never was, Jurassic Europark. If you're reading along with us, this episode goes from the chapter called Stegosaur as far as the chapter called The Park which begins with the line, "The portable generator." Feedback? You know we want it! Contact us at [email protected] or @sharkliveroil on twitter.