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She created Lord Peter Wimsey — and also some excellent slogans about mustard.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton

— Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life And Soul by Barbara Reynolds

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life by David Coomes

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Eric Sandberg

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography by James Brabazon

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— "The Psychology of Advertising" by Dorothy L. Sayers in the Spectator

— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

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

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Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist. It can create a sinister atmosphere, keep suspects and murderer stormbound, and preserve the footprints of anyone who dares to escape. What could be more seasonal or festive than that?

This episode of Shedunnit first aired on 11th December 2019. Caroline is currently recovering from Covid; the next new episode will be in January 2023.

Mentioned in this episode:

—Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie

—Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938) by Agatha Christie

—Mystery in White  (1937) by J. Jefferson Farjeon

—Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries  (2015) edited by Martin Edwards

—The Sittaford Mystery  (1931) by Agatha Christie

—The Nine Tailors  (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers

—“The Erymanthian Boar” in The Labours of Hercules  (1947) by Agatha Christie

—An English Murder  (1951) by Cyril Hare

—Death and the Dancing Footman  (1942) by Ngaio Marsh

—Three Blind Mice and Other Stories  (1950) by Agatha Christie

—Stairway to Murder (1959) by Osmington Mills

—There Came Both Mist and Snow  (1940) by Michael Innes

—The Sad Variety  (1964) by Nicholas Blake

—Blood Upon the Snow  (1944) by Hilda Lawrence

—The Slype (1927) by by Russell Thorndike

— Hangman’s Holiday  (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Groaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow  (1950) by Gladys Mitchell

—The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941) by Nicholas Blake

—1222 (2011) by Anne Holt

—The Snowman (2007) by Jo Nesbo

—Whiteout (2011) by Ragnar Jonasson

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Invert everything you know about murder mysteries.

Mentioned in this episode:

— "The Case of Oscar Brodski” by R. Austin Freeman

— The Mystery of 31, New Inn by R. Austin Freeman

— The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman

— John Thorndyke's Cases by R. Austin Freeman

— "A Wastrel's Romance” by R. Austin Freeman

— “The Art of the Detective Story” by R. Austin Freeman

— The Adventures of Romney Pringle by Clifford Ashdown (aka R. Austin Freeman and John Pitcairn)

— Inspecting Psychology by David Cohen

— History of the Psychoanalytic Movement by Sigmund Freud

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

— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The “Florence Maybrick I” and “Florence Maybrick II” episodes of Shedunnit

— The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley

— The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley episode of Shedunnit

— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

— The Case of the April Fools by Christopher Bush

— The 12.30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts

— Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh

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Why do murder mysteries contain so many vicars?

Mentioned in this episode:

— Measuring religious affiliation in Great Britain by Clive D. Field

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James

— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie

— “The Blue Cross” by G.K. Chesterton from The Innocence of Father Brown

— Literary Distractions by Ronald Knox

— The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters

— Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser

— St Peter’s Finger by Gladys Mitchell

— Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert

— The Black Seraphim by Michael Gilbert

— Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin

— “The Guilty Vicarage” by W.H. Auden

— Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Christianity and the Detective Story edited by Anya Morlan and Walter Raubicheck

— The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

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In which Caroline is the guest, not the host.

Caroline Crampton is the host of Shedunnit. You can find out what she does when she’s not hosting this podcast at carolinecrampton.com or on Instagram @cacrampton. Guy Cuthbertson is her husband. His website is guycuthbertson.com and he tweets @guywjc.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

— Howards’ Way (TV series)

— The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

— Miranda Sawyer’s review of the podcast in the Observer

— The Allusionist by Helen Zaltzman

— The ‘A Mysterious Glossary’ episode of Shedunnit, featuring Helen Zaltzman

— It Walks By Night by John Dickson Carr

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

— Ulysses by James Joyce

— Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie

— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

— Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie

— ‘The Challenge of Dorothy L. Sayers’ episode of Shedunnit

— Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes

— “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allen Poe

— ‘The Long Shadow of Edgar Allen Poe’ episode of Shedunnit

— 'The First Whodunnit' episode of Shedunnit

— The Bath Mysteries by E. R. Punshon

— The 'Brides in the Bath’ episode of Shedunnit

— Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

— Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh

— Death in White Pyjamas by John Bude

— Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand

— Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

— Death Under Gibraltar by Bernard Newman

— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

— Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh

— Death on Paper by John Bude

— Death at the Opera by Gladys Mitchell

— Death of a Train by Freeman Wills Crofts

— Death of a Cad by John Bude

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There’s a dark story connecting this 18th century abduction with a 20th century crime novel.

Thanks to my guest, Tana French. The new Penguin edition of The Franchise Affair, which includes her introduction, is available now. And Tana's own latest novel is The Searcher, now available in paperback.

This episode contains minor spoilers for The Franchise Affair.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

— Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

— Amelia by Henry Fielding

— The Canning Wonder by Arthur Machen

— Elizabeth is Missing by Lillian de la Torre

— The Canning Enigma by John Treherne

— The Appearance of Truth: The Story of Elizabeth Canning and 18th Century Narrative by Judith Moore

— Josephine Tey: A Life by Jennifer Morag Henderson

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What if everything we thought about murder mysteries was wrong?

Thanks to my guest, Benedict Morrison. Among his many publications, you can read him on Agatha Christie's theatrical work in the Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

— A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

— The “Queer Clues” episode of Shedunnit

— Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— Suddenly At His Residence aka The Crooked Wreath by Christianna Brand

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— Queering Agatha Christie by J.C. Bernthal

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Could you beat the detective to the solution?

This live episode of Shedunnit was recorded at the 2022 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Mystery of Norman's Court by John Chancellor

— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

— Bleak House by Charles Dickens

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— The Clocks by Agatha Christie

— The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Murder in Rockwater by Margot Neville

— Murder of Olympia by Margot Neville

— Forever England by Alison Light

— “The Decline and Fall of the Detection Story” by W. Somerset Maugham collected in The Vagrant Mood

— “Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (20 June 1945)

— “Manx Gold” by Agatha Christie collected in While The Light Lasts

— Not To Be Taken by Anthony Berkeley

— Death in the House by Anthony Berkeley

— "Mr Cork's Secret” by MacDonald Hastings collected in Crimson Snow

— The Crime of the Century by Kingsley Amis

— Cain's Jawbone by E. Powys Mathers, aka Torquemada

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How well do we really know the queen of crime?

Thanks to my guest, Lucy Worsley. Her book Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman is out now.

Books and sources mentioned:

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet P. Morgan

— Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson

— Agatha Christie: The Woman And Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill

— Forever England: Literature, Femininity and Conservatism between the Wars by Alison Light

— “In The Shadow Of Hercule — The War Service Of Archibald Christie” by Peter Wright in Cross & Cockade International, vol 41/3 (2010)

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— “The Lady Vanishes” episode of Shedunnit

— “The Dispenser” episode of Shedunnit

— “Mary Westmacott” episode of Shedunnit

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Should detective fiction be easy reading?

Thanks to my guest, Eric Sandberg. He is an assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong and the editor of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction.

Get tickets to see Shedunnit live on 11th September 2022 in Torquay at shedunnitshow.com/events.

Mentioned in this episode:

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— “The Case of Miss Dorothy Sayers” by Q. D. Leavis in Scrutiny (December 1937)

— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

— “Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (20 June 1945)

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The “Happily Ever After” episode of Shedunnit

— The “Dorothy’s Secret” episode of Shedunnit

— The “Dorothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery” episode of Shedunnit

— The “Detection Club” episode of Shedunnit

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