The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon

Join us for a special one-off bonus episode, an end of year Shermozzle!

In this special festive episode, we report from the home of British Library Crime Classics, taking a trip down the memory lane of 2025 and bringing back all of our usual features. We read and discussed Murder at the Theatre Royale by Ada Moncrieff, discussed Wake Up Dead Man as well as Frauds in TV Tattle, and got some new intel from Han on Queens of Crime. We also hear from Mads about how our feline mascot settles into his new digs.

Other chat includes a sleuthing victory from Mads, the perils of gout and, as always, nemeses. As would only be right for this special episode, we find a use case for the National Archives Currency Converter.

Mystery Mentions

A Christmas Egg - Mary Kelly

Cat and Mouse and Death in High Heels - both Christianna Brand

Recipes for Love and Murder

The Lazarus Effect and The Score - both H.J. Golakai

High Rise Mystery - Sharna Jackson

Lindsay Gordon Mystery Series - Val McDermid

Murder at Mount Fuji - Shizuko Natsuki

Masako Togawa

The Last Death of the Year - Sophie Hannah

Jonathan Creek - Gorgons Wood

Derren Brown - The Great Art Robbery

If you've enjoyed the show, please consider doanting the cost of a paperback (today, or the equivalent in 1935) to a charity of your choosing for Christmas. If you'd like to support a literary cause, we recommend The Book Trust, DoorStep Library, Give A Book, or Bookbanks.

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our original Christmas Episode: The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly

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Join us for our final episode and the last case for one of our all-time favourite sleuths. Our 100th episode is on ⁠⁠Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely⁠.

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, we return to a short-lived investigation and cases that never made it to air.

In Case Notes, we come to a conclusion in our 5 year investigation into the missing salmon. There are wild theories, suprising reveals and puzzling problems. Our most regular guest, the ever lovely Wine Butler/Him Indoors also shares his verdict.

FYI- Martin is Han's brother.

In TV Tattle, we review the bird watching brilliance of Detective Cordelia Cupp in The Residence⁠⁠⁠. We don't reveal whodunnit.

In Purrcule Pawrot, there is the perfect end to the saga of Hercule's ultimate adversary.

We also discuss aphrodiasiac cookbooks, matching outfits and problems with asparagus.

AOB- This is the final episode (for now). Thank you very much for listening, mes amies. It has been a hoot. And if you'd like to celebrate the end of the show, then do donate to⁠ Refuge⁠. We would appreciate it.

In the mood for more mystery?⁠ Check out any of our 100 episodes.

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Join us for our Final Shermozzle!

In our penultimate episode, we quiz each other on memories and reads from the archives. As always, there are also never-heard-before clips from our Banter in the Library folder. There are no spoilers in this episode.

Mystery Mentions

Too many to list! Almost all our authors get a mention here.

Next (and final) book: Blanche Passes Go, by Barbara Neely

TV Tattle: The Residence

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our Valentines Shermozzle.

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Join us for the return of dynamic duo, Vee Johnson and Chloe Bishop as they investigate a new case in Cape Town. It's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Score by H.J. Golakai⁠⁠

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit.

Mystery Dealings replaces Mystery Business. In Purrcule Pawrot, there is a twist in the tail.

TV Tattle is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Episode 2 of Recipes for Love and Murder ⁠. FYI- we don't reveal whodunnit.

We also discuss lock picking, paintballing and defogging our mental windscreens.

Mystery Mentions

⁠International Agatha Christie Festival ⁠

⁠The Port of London Murders - Josephine Bell⁠

Next book for 23rd June: ⁠⁠⁠

TV Tattle: ⁠The Residence on Netflix⁠

In the mood for more mystery?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Check out our other H.J. Golakai episode⁠.⁠⁠⁠

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Join us for a return of the formidable red-head, Nurse Sarah Keats. It's Murder By An Aristocrat, by Mignon G. Eberhart.

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, Han realises she has some homework to do before end of season, and Mads provides an update on our feline mascot.

TV Tattle is the 1930s film version of Murder By An Aristocrat (which Mads forgot to watch).

We also discuss fancy nightwear, corporate speak and summer kitchens.

Mystery Mentions

The Hollow, Murder At The Vicarage, Dumb Witness, Ordeal by Innocence, and Halloween Party - all Agatha Christie

The Circular Staircase - Mary Roberts Rinehart

While The Patient Slept - Mignon G. Eberhart

Next book for 20th May: The Score by H.J. Golakai

TV Tattle:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode 2 of Recipes for Love and Murder

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our other episode on Mignon G. Eberhart - While The Patient Slept.

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Join us for a roaring thriller, from a now-crowned Queen of Crime. It's A Kiss of Fire by Masako Togawa.

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit.

Mystery Business comes in the form of some Ags trivia from the British Library Deadly Festival.

TV Tattle is the new BBC adaptation of Towards Zero. FYI- we don't reveal whodunnit.

We also discuss Knox's Rules of Murder Mysteries, crémant and a new pants-based warning system.

Mystery Mentions

The Master Key and The Lady Killer, both Masako Togawa

Next book for 6th May: Murder by an Aristocrat by Mignon G Eberhart.

TV Tattle:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Murder by an Aristocrat - YouTube

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our Masako Togawa episodes, on The Master Key, and The Lady Killer.

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Join us as an unlikely pair of amateur detectives investigate a missing body. It's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Frog in the Throat by Elizabeth Ferrars ⁠⁠.

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit. However, if you're a ranidaphobic, then this is not the episode for you!

Mystery Business comes from MB and it's all about Ags.

TV Tattle is Jonathan Creek- No Trace of Tracy⁠⁠ FYI- we don't reveal whodunnit.

We also discuss comedy moustaches, pointless lies and singing frogs.

Mystery Mentions

Tour de Force - Christianna Brand

The Circular Staircase - Mary Roberts Rinehart

While the Patient Slept - Mignon G. Eberhart

Next book for 7th April: A Kiss of Fire - Masako Togawa

TV Tattle:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Towards Zero - latest BBC version

In the mood for more mystery?⁠ ⁠Check out our other Elizabeth Ferrars episode⁠.⁠

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Join us for a 'whowasdonein' in a case of professional espionage in a pottery. It's a Gold Dagger winner from Mary Kelly (of The Christmas Egg).

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit or indeed whowasdonein.

Mystery Business comes from an ami and previous guest of the show, Rose.

TV Tattle is Jonathan Creek - Gorgons Wood⁠⁠. FYI- there are spoilers for this episode.

There is an exciting return of Purrcule Pawrot with on-air arrival of Hercule.

We also discuss Big Brunch, pickled onions and price of keeping a small domestic cat in 1960.

Mystery Mentions

Rose's guest episode - Death Comes to Pemberley

Next book for 24th March: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Frog in the Throat by Elizabeth Ferrars

TV Tattle:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jonathan Creek- No Trace of Tracy

In the mood for more mystery? ⁠Check out our other Mary Kelly episode⁠.

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Join us for a sequel with a pair of sibling sleuths, from one of our Queens of Crime. It's Mic Drop by Sharna Jackson.

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit.

Mystery Business is all things London and Londoners.

TV Tattle is the first episode of Luther.

We also discuss gel pens, carabiners and grudges (again).

Mystery Mentions

Ruth Rendell - Inspector Wexford Series

High Rise Mystery - Sharna Jackson

Next book for 10th March: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Spoilt Kill - Mary Kelly

TV Tattle:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jonathan Creek - Gorgons Wood

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our other Sharna Jackson episode.

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Join us for the origin story of top private investigator, Cordelia Gray. It's An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James.

No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit.

Mystery Business centres on the curious case of Bob Barrett.

TV Tattle is all things '90s as with the Helen Baxendale versionof the book.

We also discuss ironed pants, questionable pub orders and woollen tracksuits.

Mystery Mentions

Out of Bounds - Val McDermid

The Lady Killer- Masako Togawa

Next book for 24th February: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mic Drop by Sharna Jackson

TV Tattle:⁠⁠⁠⁠Luther- Series 1, Episode 1

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our other P.D. James episodes: ⁠Death Comes to Pemberley (Season 2) and⁠The Skull Beneath the Skin (Season 4)

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