Golden age expert Kate Jackson joins Caroline to read John Ferguson’s intriguing “Ealing mystery”.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 15:33. After that, expect full spoilers.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson
— Stealthy Terror by John Ferguson
— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson
— Night in Glengyle by John Ferguson
— Death Comes to Perigord by John Ferguson
— The Pocket Detective by Kate Jackson
— How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson
— The Grouse Moor Mystery by John Ferguson
— London Particular by Christianna Brand
— The Port of London Murders by Josephine Bell
— QED by Lynn Brock
— Don't Open the Door by Anthony Gilbert
— Murder In Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
— The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert
— Murder Isn't Easy by Richard Hull
— Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers
— The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham
— The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye by Brian Flynn
— The Murder of Mrs Davenport by Anthony Gilbert
— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
— The Havering Plot by Richard Keverne
— Matorni's Vineyard by E. Phillips Oppenheim
— The Professor's Poison by Neil Gordon
— The Emerald Tiger by Edgar Jepson
— The Fatal Kiss Mystery by Rufus King
— Mystery at Lynden Sands by JJ Connington
— Deep Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells
— The Factory on the Cliff by A.G. Macdonell
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley

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