Do secret societies have any place in murder mysteries?

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— "The Five Orange Pips" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
— The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
— The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba" by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in Lord Peter Views the Body
— The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
— Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie
— Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie

Shedunnit episodes mentioned:
— The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)

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Australian mystery reading duo Flex and Herds join Caroline to look at this influential whodunnit.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 12:24. After that, expect full spoilers.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley
— Trent Intervenes by E.C. Bentley
— Biography for Beginners by E.C. Bentley
— Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards
— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Three Taps by Ronald Knox
— Broke Road by Matthew Spencer
— The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
— Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

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A literary device from the golden age of detective fiction is making a comeback.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
— The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
— Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards
— The Riverside Villas Murder by Kingsley Amis
— Gallows Court by Martin Edwards
— Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards
— Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
— The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
— The GCHQ Puzzle Book
— Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King
— Murdle by G.T. Karber

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Getting back in touch with the foremost citizen of St Mary Mead.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
— The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran
— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

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Death lurks among the shelves — in crime fiction, that is.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson
— Beginning With A Bash by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
— Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells
— Death in a Bookstore by Augusto De Angelis
— Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell
— Recollections by Geoffrey Grigson

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There’s a lot of fun to be had with an epistolary mystery.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams
— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
— Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— Dracula by Bram Stoker
— S.S. Murder by Q Patrick
— Death on the Down Beat by Sebastian Farr
— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace
— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake
— The Second Shot by Anthony Berkeley
— The Manuscript Murder by Lewis Robinson
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson
— The Maze by Philip Macdonald
— The Rynox Mystery by Philip Macdonald
— Burglars In Buck by G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
— Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
— The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
— The Appeal by Janice Hallett
— Cain's Jawbone

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Golden age expert Kate Jackson joins Caroline to read John Ferguson’s intriguing “Ealing mystery”.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 15:33. 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 Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson
— Stealthy Terror by John Ferguson
— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson
— Night in Glengyle by John Ferguson
— Death Comes to Perigord by John Ferguson
— The Pocket Detective by Kate Jackson
— How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson
— The Grouse Moor Mystery by John Ferguson
— London Particular by Christianna Brand
— The Port of London Murders by Josephine Bell
— QED by Lynn Brock
— Don't Open the Door by Anthony Gilbert
— Murder In Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
— The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert
— Murder Isn't Easy by Richard Hull
— Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham
— The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye by Brian Flynn
— The Murder of Mrs Davenport by Anthony Gilbert
— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
— The Havering Plot by Richard Keverne
— Matorni's Vineyard by E. Phillips Oppenheim
— The Professor's Poison by Neil Gordon
— The Emerald Tiger by Edgar Jepson
— The Fatal Kiss Mystery by Rufus King
— Mystery at Lynden Sands by JJ Connington
— Deep Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells
— The Factory on the Cliff by A.G. Macdonell
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley

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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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