Shedunnit Book Club — Seasoned Detectives

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How Adelaide Bartlett got away with murder.

Mentioned in this episode: — The Anatomy of Murder by the Detection Club Sweet Adalaide by Julian Symons

Additional books consulted: — The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett, both 1886 and 1927 editions — Victorian Murderesses by Mary S. Hartman Molecules of Murder by John Emsley — Crime and the Respectable Woman: Toward a Pattern of Middle-Class Female Criminality in Nineteenth-Century France and England by Mary S. Hartman — Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion by Linda Stratmann The Secret Poisoner by Linda Stratmann — Closing Argument to the Jury for the Defense in Criminal Cases by G. Arthur Martin

Related Shedunnit episodes: — Edith Thompson (Ad Free)The Telephone Call (Ad Free)The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning

 

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Shedunnit Book Club — Seasoned DetectivesBy Caroline Crampton