Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer.

Thank you, Debra, at Moonstone Press for first bringing the republication of Dorothy Erskine Muir's detective fiction to my attention. She is running a special offer for Shedunnit listeners for the 30 days after this episode airs: if you buy the paperback set of Erskine Muir's three novels, you get three for the price of two and the podcast gets a little commission for referring you. Take advantage of the special offer: https://moonstonepress.co.uk/product/dorothy-erskine-muir-set/

Books mentioned in this episode: — In Muffled Night by Dorothy Erskine Muir — Five to Five by Dorothy Erskine Muir — In Memory of Charles by Dorothy Erskine Muir — Lift the Curtain by Dorothy Erskine Muir — A History of Milan Under the Visconti by Dorothy Erskine Muir — Ask a Policeman by The Detection Club — Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers — Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie — Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley — Seeing is Believing by John Dickson Carr — Heaven Knows Who by Christianna Brand — Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley — Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers — When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell — A Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse — "Three is a Lucky Number" by Margery Allinhgam — The Trial of Oscar Slater by William Roughead — The Case of Oscar Slater by Arthur Conan Doyle — And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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Caroline answers the book club's questions about books, hobbies, and Morris.

Books mentioned: — Calamity in Kent by John Rowland — King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett — D Is for Death by Harriet F. Townson — Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne — The Appeal by Janice Hallett — Swan Song by Edmund Crispin — The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin — The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin — The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White — Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White — Green for Danger by Christianna Brand — Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand

NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase. Blackwell’s is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Fact File episode for April 2025, in which we are reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. There are no major spoilers here. In this fact file, you'll hear Caroline giving some basic context and publication information for the book without any spoilers. Then, if you head to part two — the conversation — you'll find a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about this book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 30th April 2025.

Mentioned episodes: — Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth (Ad Free) — The Lady Vanishes (Ad Free) — Clerical Crimes (Ad Free)

Links: — The reading themes for 2025 — The new book suggestions category — Thread for discussing improvements to the book club — Details of the next Watching Party

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In May we are reading Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac, and in June the chosen book is Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy.

NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase. Blackwell’s is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Conversation episode for April 2025, in which we are reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. This is part two of a two-part experience: in part one, you can hear some basic context and publication information for this book without any spoilers and this, part two, is a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 30th April 2025.

Mentioned episodes: — Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth (Ad Free) — The Lady Vanishes (Ad Free) — Clerical Crimes (Ad Free)

Links: — The reading themes for 2025 — The new book suggestions category — Thread for discussing improvements to the book club — Details of the next Watching Party

Sign up via email to be alerted when the watching party is about to start — the next one is happening on Sunday 27th April at 5pm BST.

In May we are reading Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac, and in June the chosen book is Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy.

NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase. Blackwell’s is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.

Welcome to your audiobook for April 2025: "The Clever Mrs Straithwaite" by Ernest Bramah.

It will be the second story I have featured following blind detective Max Carrados. Back in March 2023, I read “The Secret of Dunstan’s Tower” by Ernest Bramah. If you are interested in listening to that story about a family curse, you can find that story here.

After listening, if you'd like to discuss these stories 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.

Darryl Jones joins Caroline to discuss the first collection of Raffles stories.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 10:30. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace.

Books mentioned in this episode: — Raffles by E.W. Hornung — The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie — No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase — The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde — The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson — The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde — The Black Mask by E.W. Hornung — Fiction and the Reading Public by Q.D. Leavis — King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes: — The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1, Ad Free) — The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2, Ad Free) — The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3, Ad Free) — Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4, Ad Free) — The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5, Ad Free) — The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6, Ad Free) — The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7, 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.

Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?

Books mentioned in this episode: — The Masters by C.P. Snow — Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis — Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh — Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm — Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin — The Cambridge Murders by Dilwyn Rees — Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes — An Oxford Tragedy by J.C. Masterman (£825.00) — Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay — Murder at Cambridge by Q Patrick — Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham — The Incredible Crime by Lois Austen-Leigh — Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter — Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid — Case Histories by Kate Atkinson — Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruce — Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly — Invitation to Die by Barbara Cleverly — James Runcie's Granchester stories — Rory Clement's Tom Wilde series

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 the Shedunnit Book Club Fact File episode for March 2025, in which we are reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter. There are no major spoilers here. In this fact file, you'll hear Caroline giving some basic context and publication information for the book without any spoilers. Then, if you head to part two — the conversation — you'll find a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about this book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st March 2025.

Please note that this is a post golden age book from 1975 that deals with themes of sexual assault and contains more graphic descriptions than the average interwar mystery. This review (which contains minor spoilers) provides an overview of this content if you would like to know what you’re getting into before reading.

Links: — The reading themes for 2025 — The new book suggestions category — Thread for discussing improvements to the book club — Details of the next Watching Party

Sign up via email to be alerted when the watching party is about to start — the next one is happening on Sunday 30th March at 5pm BST.

In April we are reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, and in May the chosen book is Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac.

NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase. Blackwell’s is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Conversation episode for March 2025, in which we are reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter. This is part two of a two-part experience: in part one, you can hear some basic context and publication information for this book without any spoilers and this, part two, is a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st March 2025.

Please note that this is a post golden age book from 1975 that deals with themes of sexual assault and contains more graphic descriptions than the average interwar mystery. This review (which contains minor spoilers) provides an overview of this content if you would like to know what you’re getting into before reading.

Links: — The reading themes for 2025 — The new book suggestions category — Thread for discussing improvements to the book club — Details of the next Watching Party

Sign up via email to be alerted when the watching party is about to start — the next one is happening on Sunday 30th March at 5pm BST.

In April we are reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, and in May the chosen book is Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac.

NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase. Blackwell’s is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.

A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.

Books mentioned in this episode: —  Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle — A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle — "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — How to Write a Mystery: a Handbook from Mystery Writers of America,  edited by Lee Child with Laurie R. King — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — “The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Thirteen Problems — Mr. Fortune, Please by H. C. Bailey — "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Hound of Death — "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell, collected in In the Shadow of Agatha Christie — Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

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.