The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon

Join us in this Cape Town caper, representing rich female friendships.

NB- there is swearing from the start.

We don't reveal whodunnit but there are some minor plot reveals.

In Mystery Business, we debrief on our recent sleuthing experience in Harrogate, run by Tall Tale Mysteries at the Old Swan Hotel, and what we refer to as Snake Gate.

In TV Tattle, we share our verdict on South African mystery series, Recipes for Love and Murder.

We also discuss frenemies, rooibos tea and H.J. Golakai's unusual interests.

Mystery Mentions

E. C. R. Lorac

Barbara Neely

Aya de León - A Spy in The Struggle

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Next read for 22nd April: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear Not by Anne Holt

TV Tattle: ⁠MODUS (dramatised version of Fear Not), available on Amazon Prime

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on⁠ While the Patient Slept⁠ (with another formidable female sleuth)

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us in 1890s Kraków where bored socialite, Zofia Turbotynska, turns amateur sleuth. In a podcast first, this book is written by two men under a pen name inspired by their female ancestors.

NB- excellent swearing from the start.

We don't reveal whodunnit but there are some minor plot reveals.

In Mystery Business, we reminisce on our trip to Kraków including Maddy's rage at spa etiquette.

In TV Tattle, we share our verdict on arthouse film, The Double Life of Veronique

We also discuss faux salmon, mischievous nuns and doppelgängers.

Mystery Mentions

Article on gay literary couple ‘Maryla Szymiczkowa’

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Next read for 1st April: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Lazarus Effect- H.J. Golakai

TV Tattle: Recipes for Love and Murder ⁠

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on The Circular Staircase (another sparky, middle-aged female sleuth)

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us in 1920s Bangalore for the first Kaveri Murthy mystery- The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra.

No spoilers- we don't reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, we give a shout-out to fan of the show, Mads' sister Jac, who also gifted this book to her.

In TV Tattle, we share our thoughts on the first episode of DI Ray featuring the excellent Parminder Nagra. In Purrcule Pawrot, Hercule continues to be bullied by Invader Cat.

We also discuss Risky Business, finger printing and silk swimming costumes.

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Next read for 18th March: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mrs Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa

TV Tattle: The Double Life of Veronique - available online at Curzon Online: https://homecinema.curzon.com/film/the-double-life-of-veronique/

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on The Widows of Malabar Hill (also set in India)

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us in rural Quebec for the first Inspector Armand Gamache mystery- Still Life by Louise Penny

This is a book from one of our top 5 listener countries. Thank you/merci beaucoup to any listeners in Canada.

No spoilers- we don't reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, it is vive l'amour as we discuss top TV genres to cement relationships.

In TV Tattle, Hans share her verdict on the 2013 film adaptation of Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery.

We also discuss bed & brunch, liquorice pipes and archery.

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Next read for 4th March: ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra

TV Tattle: First episode of D.I. Ray

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on ⁠While the Patient Slept - Mignon G. Eberhart (also in a rural setting)

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us for a Scottish thriller by one of our Queens of Crime, The Distant Echo, by Val McDermid. We are also joined by a special guest, Rose.

Spoilers! We do reveal whodunnit, so watch/read before you listen if you don't want to ruin the surprise.

No Mystery Business today given that we are joined by a guest.

In TV Tattle, we compare notes on the dramatisation of The Distant Echo, which you can find on ITVX.

Mystery Mentions

Ally Burns series (Val McDermid)

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Next read for 19th February: Still Life by Louise Penny (also for TV tattle, the 2013 dramatisation available on AppleTV+)

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on ⁠Booked for Murder (also by Val McDermid)

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us for a Hamburg-based thriller and first in the Chastity Riley series. Blue Night by Simone Buchholz⁠⁠

This is a book from one of our top 5 listener countries, Germany. Danke schön und entschuldigung für unseren schrecklichen akzent.

No spoilers- we don't reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, Mads reveals how Murdle could help in solving our case. Han blows her own logic puzzle trumpet.

In TV Tattle, we share our verdict on gritty crime drama, Inspector Falke.

Purrcule Pawrot sees Hercule engaged in a battle of wits with a classic foe.

We also discuss 'eau de pub', Herman ze German and a ginger cat called Elliot.

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Next read for 5th February: ⁠The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de Leon (another investigator facing an ethical dilemma)

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us for our first book of 2024, an Australian read focusing on the Vietnamese community; All That's Left Unsaid, by Tracey Lien.

No spoilers- we don't reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, we talk about the new series of Traitors and the excellent game, Werewolves / Mafia.

In TV Tattle, we reminisce about Neighbours storylines of old.

We also discuss 90s throwbacks such as magnetic earrings, 2024 slogans and Pho. There is also an on-air discussion about the return of the Little Blue Book to Han's care.

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Next read for 22nd January: Blue Night by Simone Buchholz

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on Murder is Easy by Elizabeth Ferrars, our first read of the 2022 new year.

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us for our festive episode with A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries. This is from the British Library Crime Classics series and edited by Martin Edwards.

We focus on the four stories written by women:

- The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep - Catharine Louisa Pirkis

- Death on the Air- Ngaio Marsh

- On Christmas Day in the Morning- Margery Allingham

- Give Me a Ring - Anthony Gilbert 

No spoilers- we don't reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, we talk about new books inspired by Agatha Christie. Maddy wins at Secret Santa.

In TV Tattle, we recommend mysteries for post Christmas viewing.

We exchange badinage on pantomimes, olden times Christmas games and pints of cream. 

Mystery Mentions

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night- Sophie Hannah

Agatha Christie - Lucy Worsley 

At Bertram’s Hotel - Agatha Christie 

The Leavenworth Case - Anna Katharine Green 

The Case of the Late Pig - Margery Allingham 

Portrait of a Murderer (A Christmas Crime Story) - Anne Meredith 

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Next read for 8th January: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our other festive episodes - The Christmas Egg, The Santa Klaus Murder and Tied up in Tinsel

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us in a TUCOTMS first, with a re-read of a pre-podcast classic, Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely. We have a double-helping of Queens of Crime! Barbara, crowned in Season 2 with Blanche Cleans Up, and the protagonist Blanche; a queen in her own right. We are also joined by a special guest, friend of the show and Maddy's mum, Sue.

We reveal whodunnit, so read before you listen if you don't want the ending ruined! We also share spoilers for the film we discuss in TV Tattle, Widows.

In Mystery Business, Han shares a mystery relating to the book copies she acquired from the very excellent, Strand Books in New York.

In TV Tattle, we discuss the excellent acting of Viola Davis and our own personas in a heist scenario.

We also discuss time travel, the power of saunas and snapdragon (again).

Mystery Mentions

Ordeal by Innocence

(TV) - How to Get Away with Murder

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In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode Blanche Cleans Up - our first on-air foray into Barbara Neely.

Next episode we'll be reading ⁠A Surprise for Christmas and other Seasonal Mysteries, a British Library Crime Classic. Note that we will be discussing only those short stories written by women.

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This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us for an immersive Italian mystery with a young private detective.

We reveal whodunnit, so read before you listen if you don't want the ending ruined! We also share spoilers for the film, Widows.

In Mystery Business, Han shares an excellent unmasking of a petty criminal in her local area.

In TV Tattle, we unpick the characters and gorgeous setting of The White Lotus Season 2 .

We also discuss pudding names, night owls vs morning larks and New Radicals.

Mystery Mentions

Lindsay Gordon Series - Val McDermid

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In the mood for more mystery? Check out episode on the The Skull Beneath the Skin, where we also follow a female detective.

Next episode we'll be reading Blanche on the Lam by one of our Queens of Crime, Barbara Neely, and watching Widows, starring the brilliant Viola Davis.

Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠@missingsalmoncase⁠⁠

Share with a friend: ⁠⁠The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon⁠⁠

Nominate a Queen of Crime: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.