Locked room mystery specialist Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s sensational 1905 thriller.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:56. After that, expect full spoilers.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
— Raffles by E.W. Hornung
— Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead
— The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead
— The House at Devil's Neck by Tom Mead
— The Mind of Mr. J. G Reeder by Edgar Wallace
— The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
— The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace
— Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)
— The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)
— Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8)

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