The parallel lives of a writer and her detective.

Thanks to my guest, Julia Jones. Her biography of Margery Allingham is available now through all good bookshops.

Mentioned in the episode:

— Margery Allingham: A Biography by Julia Jones

— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

— Blackkerchief Dick by Margery Allingham

— Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham

— Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham

— The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

— The China Governess by Margery Allingham

— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

— The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham

— The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham

— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham

— The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham

— The Relay by Margery Allingham

— Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham

— The Mind Readers by Margery Allingham

— Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

— Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham

— Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory by Julia Jones

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Margery Allingham Waits for the Invasion

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