How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points.

My guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her book V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death is available now.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley
— Family Matters by Anthony Rolls

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Our golden age detective fiction recommendation line is at your service.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Lighthouse by Wilkie Collins
— Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
— The Murder Game by Tom Hindle
— Sir John Magill's Last Journey by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Man Overboard! by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Fatal Venture by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Common or Garden Crime by Sheila Pim
— Midsummer Malice by Nigel FitzGerald
— Death at Crane's Court by Eilís Dillon
— The Private Wound by Cecil Day Lewis
— A Telegram from Le Touquet by John Bude
— "The Easter Parade Mystery" by Rex Stout
— Robbery on the Bergen Train by Nordahl Grieg and Nils Lie
— "The Episode of the Vanishing Harp" by C Daly King, collected in The Curious Mr Tarrant
— "The Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room" by Sax Rohmer, collected in Miraculous Mysteries
— The House Without A Key by Earl Derr Biggers
— The Chinese Chop by Juanita Sheridan
— The Murder of Mr Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and S. J. Rozan
— The Kennel Murder Case by SS Van Dine
— "The Adventure of the Western Star" by Agatha Christie
— The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen

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Because sometimes, only a professional will do.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Murder on the Burrows by E.C.R. Lorac
— Dishonour Among Thieves by E.C.R. Lorac
— Crime Counter Crime by E.C.R. Lorac
— Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
— Fire in the Thatch by E.C.R. Lorac
— Death Came Softly by E.C.R. Lorac
— Murder in Vienna by E.C.R. Lorac
— Murder on a Monument by E.C.R. Lorac
— Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac
— The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac
— Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
— Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac
— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand
— Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand
— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
— Tour de Force by Christianna Brand
— Fog of Doubt by Christianna Brand
— The Bath Mysteries by E.R. Punshon
— Trent’s Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— Information Received by E.R. Punshon
— Black Plumes by Margery Allingham
— The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
— Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts
— The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts
— Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts

Shedunnit episodes mentioned:
— ECR Lorac Rises Through the Ranks
— Instrument of Death
— Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes
— Brides in the Bath

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Locked room mystery specialist Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s sensational 1905 thriller.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:56. After that, expect full spoilers.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
— Raffles by E.W. Hornung
— Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead
— The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead
— The House at Devil's Neck by Tom Mead
— The Mind of Mr. J. G Reeder by Edgar Wallace
— The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
— The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace
— Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)
— The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)
— Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8)

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

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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 dives deep into Brand’s work to find her favourite novel.

Back in July of last year, I did an episode titled Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes. During the research and preparation for that episode, I read quite a few Brand novels. Even though I haven't read every single work she published, I hope you enjoy this ranking of 15 books from Christianna Brand's canon.

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Christianna Brand novels mentioned, in alphabetical order:

— Alas, for Her That Met Me!

— The Brides of Aberdar

— Cat and Mouse

— Court of Foxes

— Death in High Heels

— Death of Jezebel

— Green for Danger

— Heads You Lose

— The Honey Harlot

— London Particular

— A Ring of Roses

— The Rose in Darkness

— The Three Cornered Halo

— Tour de Force

— Suddenly at His Residence

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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.

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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)

— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)

— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)

— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)

— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)

— The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)

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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

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A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.

Please be aware that there are spoilers in this episode for the two stories discussed here in detail: "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie and "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell.

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

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She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read?

Resources and articles mentioned in this episode:

— Jamie Bernthal on Arthur Conan Doyle

— Moira Redmond on Elizabeth Daly

— Martin Edwards on My Brother's Killer

— Gray Robert Brown on Muriel Spark

Books mentioned in this episode:

— Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— Unexpected Night by Elizabeth Daly

— The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes

— The Clocks by Elizabeth Daly

— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux

— My Brother's Killer by D.M. Devine

— The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré

— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

— Endless Night by Agatha Christie

— Stamboul Train by Graham Greene

— The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

— The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark

— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen

— Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

— The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

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