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The golden age of detective fiction was obsessed with identity. The reason why? An extremely melodramatic Victorian legal case involving shipwreck, Shetland ponies and a tangled aristocratic inheritance.

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Please be aware that there may be spoilers for the following books in this episode.

Books referenced: — The Claimant by Michael Gilbert — Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert — Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert — The Murder at Road Hill House episode with Robin Stevens — The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale — Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie — Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie — The Nine Wrong Answers by John Dickson Carr — The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons — Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey — The Tichborne Romance by Franklin Lushington — The Tichborne Claimant by Douglas Woodruff