Was this Agatha Christie's greatest piece of misdirection?

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Books mentioned in order:

— Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
— Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie
— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
— Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
— Curtain by Agatha Christie
— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
— Third Girl by Agatha Christie
— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
— Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott
— Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott
— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

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We’ve got puffins, peacocks and penguins galore!

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 Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes
— A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
— Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
— Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild
— Jennings and Darbishire by Anthony Buckeridge
— How to Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans
— Still She Wished For Company by Margaret Irwin
— I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
— Raffles by E.W. Hornung
— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
— Green for Danger by Christiana Brand
— The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr
— The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr
— The White Priory by John Dickson Carr
— The House on Tollard Ridge by John Rhode
— The Dangerfield Talisman by J.J. Connington
— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson
— In Spite of Thunder by John Dickson Carr
— Postern to Fate by Agatha Christie
— Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert Van Gulik
— The Rasp by Philip MacDonald
— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
— The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
— Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace

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Make sure nobody has tampered with your turkey…

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées by Agatha Christie
— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
— "Stuffing" by Edgar Wallace, collected in Silent Nights
— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
— “The Santa Claus Club” by Julian Symons, collected in Crimson Snow
— The Corpse in the Snowman by Nicholas Blake
— "Cambric Tea" by Marjorie Bowen, collected in Silent Nights
— An English Murder by Cyril Hare
— Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin
— Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin

More Christmas and wintry Shedunnit episodes:
— Let It Snow (Replay)
— Father Christmas
— The Murderless Christmas Mystery

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Film historian Sergio Angelini joins Caroline to discuss a rather cinematic whodunnit.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:40. 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 Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.

You can find Sergio's podcast, Tipping My Fedora, about all things crime fiction and film noir, in all good podcast apps.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Rasp by Philip MacDonald
— Patrol by Philip MacDonald
— The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald
— The Reader Is Warned by Carter Dickson
— The Polferry Riddle by Philip MacDonald
— The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
— Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming
— The Maze by Philip MacDonald
— Pale Fire by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
— The Rynox Murder by Philip MacDonald
— Murder Gone Mad by Philip MacDonald
— The Mystery of the Dead Police by Philip MacDonald

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Why aren’t her dozen detective novels better known?

Many thanks to my guest, Dr Jennifer Kloester. Find out more about her work on Georgette Heyer at her website, jenniferkloester.com.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Black Moth
— The Great Roxhythe
— Penhallow
— Friday's Child
— Footsteps in the Dark
— Why Shoot a Butler?
— The Unfinished Clue
— Death in the Stocks
— Behold, Here's Poison
— They Found Him Dead
— Duplicate Death
— No Wind of Blame
— Detection Unlimited

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A murder mystery can be spooky, too.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
— The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance
— Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell
— Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh
— The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr
— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
— The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe
— Rim of the Pit by Hake Talbot
— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson
— He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
— The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr
— A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr
— Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
— The Ghost It Was by Richard Hull
— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
— “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot Investigates
— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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How the interwar servant shortage changed detective fiction.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Mrs Woolf and the Servants by Alison Light
— The Psychology of the Servant Problem by Violet M Firth
— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— "The Invisible Man" by G.K. Chesterton, collected in The Innocence of Father Brown
— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
— "Miss Marple Tells a Story" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— "The Case of the Perfect Maid" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
— "The Dream" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
— "Greenshaw's Folly" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
— The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley
— Why Shoot A Butler? by Georgette Heyer
— Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin
— The Hollow by Agatha Christie
— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
— Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
— A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
— Simisola by Ruth Rendell

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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.

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 Rasp by Philip MacDonald.

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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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