The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon

Join us for a 'had I but known' mystery with surprising and amusing leading sleuth-sister - The Circular Staircase by  Mary Roberts Rinehart.

No spoiler alert! We don’t reveal whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, we talk about off-air reads and the thrill of successful sleuthing.

In Case Notes, the return of Gertrude leads us back to the start.  

We also discuss International Friendship Day, beauty aids of 1908 and a Han called Jeff.

Mystery Mentions

A Taste of Death and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - P.D. James (Season 2, Episode 3)

At Bertram's Hotel - Agatha Christie

Sophie Hannah on underrated Agatha Christie novels

High- Rise Mystery- Sharna Jackson (Season 3, Episode 12)

The Master Key - Masako Togawa (Season 3, Episode 14)

AOB: Follow Mary's lead - breast awareness check

Next book for 31st October: The Skull Beneath the Skin - P. D. James

In the mood for more mystery? Check out The Leavenworth Case (another early read from 1878)

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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 modern day read with an intriguing central female protagonist- A Spy in the Struggle - Aya de Leon 

Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit.

In Mystery Business, Hannah is excited about the return of one of her favourite pastimes. 

In Purrcule Pawrot, there is more on the ongoing saga between Hercule and Marrascaud.

We also discuss our super senses, Agent Carter and spy handbooks.

Mystery Mentions

True Spies podcast

Death in Focus - Anne Perry

Next book for 17th October: The Circular Staircase - Mary Roberts Rinehart 

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode from Season 1 on Anne Perry - Death in Focus. (also about espionage)

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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 classic Marple with an unusual motive - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie.

No spoiler alert! We don’t reveal whodunnit.

In a bumper edition of Mystery Business, there is exploration of an odd event and review of Ags TV.

We also discuss poking about bathrooms, becoming mystery world experts and avoiding ‘madly irritating’ Miss Knights.

Mystery Mentions

Marple: Twelve New Stories

The Body in the Library, Ordeal by Innocence, A Caribbean Mystery, Towards Zero, At Bertram’s Hotel and The Thirteen Problems - Agatha Christie

Farrago of Blether- Maddy Berry

AOB: WeSwim - supporting people with disabilities to swim in London. 

Next book for 3rd October: A Spy in the Struggle- Aya de Leon

In the mood for more mystery? Check out International Agatha Christie Festival 2021 - (all about Ags the OG)

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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 bi-annual celebratory shemozzle! We reflect on another season of sleuthing in our 50th episode. We mull on our initial expectations of the show, and finally recreate the scene of the crime.  Captain Conundrum shares his insights as our Researcher/Esteemed Elder. There are also never-heard-before clips from our Banter in the Library folder and our off-air voice notes. There are no spoilers in this episode.

We also discuss Billy Bass, The Parent Trap and vegan sweets. 

Mystery Mentions

Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie

Tour de Force (Season 1, Episode 6)- Christianna Brand

London Particular (Season 3, Episode 4) - Christianna Brand

Next book for Season 4, released on 19th September: The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side - Agatha Christie 

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our End of Year Shemozzle from earlier in the season. 

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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 Oxford-based mystery, our final read of the season - Death on the Cherwell - Mavis Doriel Hay. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

In Mystery Business, Maddy hands over all the treats. Han is delighted to receive green Penguin crime classics, and the new Agatha Christie t-shirt (from the Women's Prize for Fiction). We swap thoughts on Why Didn't They Ask Evans, currently on BritBox, and Han shares her initial takeaways from Death in Paradise. 

In Queens of Crime, Maddy enlightens Han with the details of the Wagatha Christie case. Han reveals some wild QofC social media interaction. 

We also discuss secret societies, aggressive swans and winning over university porters.

Mystery Mentions

The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side - Theatre Production 

Murder Underground and The Santa Klaus Murder, both by Mavis Doriel Hay 

Post After Post-Mortem - E.C.R. Lorac

The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustace

Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey 

Jonathan Creek

The Mystery of Wagatha Christie article - thanks to our ami, Mary for the link.

Thank you again mes amies for joining us this season. We will now be taking a short break, and our next episode will be the special Summer Shermozzle! Follow our social media for the release of our Season 4 reading list. We will return in September. Keep sleuthing! 

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Season 1 Episode 2 - Murder Underground (also by Mavis)

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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 female-led Japanese mystery with a gasp-worthy twist - The Master Key by Masako Togawa. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

In honour of this twisty read, there is no Mystery Business but we do have cameos from two amies. 

Our usual segments are replaced with an exclusive interview from Maddy's flat. We consult the wisdom of Helen (Hannah's Mum) on our oustanding questions about the book.

We also discuss cat messes, letters from old teachers and spooky seances.

Mystery Mentions 

11 Must-read Japanese Mystery Novels (Honkaku) article on Books & Bao 

The Lady Killer- Masako Togawa 

Edogawa Rampo prize

Guest episode with Dave 

Guest episode with Helen

AOB: The Elegance of a Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary

Next book for 6th June: Death on the Cherwell - Mavis Doriel Hay

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Green for Danger - Season 2, Episode 9 (also has fascinating 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 a Cornish mystery of two halves by one of our Queens of Crime - Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

In Mystery Business, Maddy reveals a new sleuthing skill. Han shares her thoughts on off-air read, Don't Monkey With Murder by Elizabeth Ferrars.

In Queens of Crime, we hear a bit more about our most recently crowned member of the Halls, Sharna Jackson. A sad Purrcule Pawrot reflects on the circle of life. 

In a return of Case Notes, we take an important step in solving the original Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon.

We also discuss fairies, sandwich fillings and the joys of voting.

Mystery Mentions

Elizabeth Ferrars - Murder in Time  (discussed in Season 3 Episode 6) 

Tour de Force - Christianna Brand 

The Black Tower- P.D. James

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie - dramatisation now available on Brit Box

Jonathan Creek

Next book for 23rd May: The Master Key - Masako Togawa

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Enter a Murderer - Season 2 Episode 6 (also by Ngaio Marsh)

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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 YA mystery with sleuthing sisters - High-Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

In Mystery Business, Maddy encourages Han to follow Norva's lead and watch DIP.

In Queens of Crime, we crown a writer on the brilliance of just one of her books. Han also offers morsels on Miss Marple (from our OG, Agatha Christie).

Purrcule Pawrot is on Hercule's interaction with foxes and flower beds.

We also discuss childhood crushes, hairpins and hash browns. 

Mystery Mentions

Series 3 of Death in Paradise

Audible version of High-Rise Mystery 

Sparkling Cyanide - Agatha Christie

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries 

The Mirror Crack’d theatre tour

Mic Drop- Sharna Jackson

Green for Danger - Christianna Brand (British Library Crime Classic publication)

AOB: -  Katherine Rundell (Han's favourite is The Good Thieves), Give a Book bundle with Daunt Books

Next book for 9th May: Dead in the Water- Ngaio Marsh

In the mood for more mystery? Check out The Mystery at Oaklands (S1, Episode 12) (also features young sleuths)

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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 mystery (strangely, without the murder), in Josephine Tey's The Franchise Affair. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

There is also a spoiler for Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders in Mystery Business. Han gives her verdict on this hyped novel. Maddy reveals the release of Knives Out 2, which both hosts are thrilled about. 

In a return of Purrcule Pawrot, Maddy shares some trials and tribulations for our feline sidekick, Hercule. Hannah promises an exciting Queens of Crime segment for our next episode.

We also discuss Woolworths, photographic memories, and the best middle names since Sliced Bread. 

Mystery Mentions

The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey

A Separation - Katie Kitamura

Why Shoot a Butler? - Georgette Heyer (S3, Episode 1)

Next book for 25th April: High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson

In the mood for more mystery? Check out London Particular by Christiana Brand (another golden age writer, and one of our top-most Queens of Crime) 

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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 fascinating investigation led by Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer in 1920s India- The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey.  Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

There's 'tasty' Mystery Business as Maddy reveals unexpected treats from Hay on Wye. We mull over the silliness of 1980s spoof murder mystery, Clue.

In Queens of Crime, we consider a contender and the latest book by Val McDermid. 

We also discuss a cheese and pineapple hedgehog, The Hottest Samosa and Miss Congeniality. 

Mystery Mentions

The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustace

The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey

The Wooden Overcoat - Pamela Branch

1979 and Lindsay Gordon Mysteries - Val McDermid 

AOB: Cornelia Sorabji and Mithan Tata Lam (India's earliest women lawyers and inspiration for Perveen), Bloody Good Period - charity fighting for period equity.

Next book for 11th April: The Franchise Affair- Josephine Tey

In the mood for more mystery? Check out The Mimosa Tree Mystery (S2, Episode 5) (also has a 1920s female sleuth but living in Singapore)

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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.