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Is that smiling nurse in the pristine white cap here to save your life, or to bring it to an untimely end?

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/bedsidemanner.

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Books and sources:

—The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

—Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James

—Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

—Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

—"The Blue Geranium" in The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

—The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

—Hilda Wade by Grant Allen

—Miss Pinkerton by Mary Roberts Rinehart

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Don't Open the Door by Anthony Gilbert

—Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh

—The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh

—Cherry Ames, Student Nurse by Helen Wells

—Green for Danger by Christianna Brand

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All the best murder mysteries start with a scone laced with arsenic.

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thehaypoisoner.

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Books and sources:

—The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

—A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

—Exhumation of a Murder by Robin Odell

—Dead Not Buried by Martin Beales

—Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

—The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

—Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer

—Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie

—Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases by Douglas E Browne and EV Tullett

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There’s a reason why Agatha Christie knew so much about poisons.

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Books and sources:

—The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

—A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

—"In a Dispensary" by Agatha Christie from the collection The Road of Dreams

—Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan

—An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

—Guardian Obituary: Rosalind Hicks by Janet Morgan

—The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

—"Dame Agatha's Dispensary" by Eunice Bonow Bardell in Pharmacy in History, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1984)To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

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What would Peter Wimsey be without Harriet Vane?

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Books and sources:

—"Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories" by SS Van Dine

—Ronald Knox’s Decalogue

—Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr

—The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

—The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

—N or M? by Agatha Christie

—By The Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

—Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

—The Big Four by Agatha Christie

—"The Capture of Cerberus" from The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

—Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh

—Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

—Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh

—Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

—Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

—Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

—The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—"Romance and the Literary Detective: The Legacy of Dorothy Sayers" by Cushing Street

—Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

—The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton

—Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

—The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #1)

—Thrones, Dominations by Jill Paton Walsh

—The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh

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What could be a better place for a murder than a boat, out at sea?

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/allatsea.

Get a copy of my book, The Way to the Sea, from Blackwell’s here or request it at your local bookshop or library.

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Books and sources:

—Several of the short stories I mentioned are collected in Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves from the British Library

—And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

—Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh

—Nine – And Death Makes Ten by Carter Dickson

—The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

—"Four Friends and Death" by Christopher St John Sprigg

—"Man Overboard" by Edmund Crispin

—"The Blood Stained Pavement" by Agatha Christie

—Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

—The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson

—"Bullion!" by William Hope Hodgson

—"The Thimble River Mystery" by Josephine Bell

—The Floating Admiral by the Detection Club

—Fatal Venture by Freeman Wills Crofts

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How Agatha Christie’s spooky story inspired real life murderers and detectives.

A friendly warning: there are major spoilers for The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie in this episode.

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thepalehorse.

Special thanks today to my guests Kathryn Harkup and Sarah Phelps. Kathryn’s book is A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie and she’s on Twitter @RotwangsRobot. Sarah’s adaptation of The Pale Horse is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer and in the US on Amazon Prime from 13 March. She’s on Twitter @PhelpsieSarah. Also, I’m indebted to Nick Hilton of Podot Pods for his recording assistance.

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Books and sources:

—The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

—Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh

—"How Agatha Christie mystery The Pale Horse may have inspired a murderer" by Kathryn Harkup for the Guardian

—A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

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On Philip Larkin, a reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft.

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/thegreatgladys.

Special thanks today to my guest Lee Randall. You can follow her on Twitter @randallwrites and read her writing about Gladys Mitchell here.

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Books and sources:

—"Rediscovering Gladys Mitchell" by Lee Randall on Bookslut

—"Open that window, Miss Menzies" by Patricia Craig in the London Review of Books

—Philip Larkin on Gladys Mitchell in the Observer

—On the Philip Larkin Collection in the British Library

—Interview with Gladys Mitchell by B.A. Pike in the Armchair Detective, October 1976

—Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

—Brought to Book: Philip Larkin and His Bibliographer by B.C. Bloomfield

—Here Lies Gloria Mundy by Gladys Mitchell

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

—When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell

—Printer's Error by Gladys Mitchell

—Brazen Tongue by Gladys Mitchell

—Sleuth's Alchemy by Gladys Mitchell

—Nest of Vipers by Gladys Mitchell

—Here Comes a Chopper by Gladys Mitchell

—Hangman's Curfew by Gladys Mitchell

—Spotted Hemlock by Gladys Mitchell

—Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell

—The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell

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Detective fiction has always been regarded as a lesser kind of literature. So how do you teach it in a university?

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/teachingsleuthing.

Special thanks today to my guest Dr Victoria Stewart. You can follow her on Twitter @verbivorial and order her book Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age here.

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Books and sources:

—"Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" by Edmund Wilson

—"The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe

—The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

—The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

—Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E.W.Hornung

—Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

—The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

—The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

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

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—"The Case of Agatha Christie" by John Lanchester in the London Review of BooksTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

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Decades before Miss Marple, there were Victorian lady sleuths taking on the world with their bloomers and their bicycles.

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/victorianpioneers.

Special thanks today to my guest Olivia Rutigliano. You can follow her on Twitter @oldrutigliano and reader her recent article for Lapham’s Quarterly “The Lady Is A Detective” here.

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Books and sources:

—The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime edited by Michael Sims

—The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories edited by Michael SimsTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.

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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?

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/letitsnow.

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Books and sources:

—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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