The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon

Welcome back, mes amies! Join us in our first episode of the season for a cosy mystery with comedy language in Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

There is discussion of past season highlights (including a return of the Royal Mint), lowlights and Mr Badger in Mystery Business.

Hannah drops a bombshell, revealing that she will reopen the fishy case from Season 1's investigation.

We also discuss Money Heist, the best way to categorise a library and our love of Caroline Quentin. 

Mystery Mentions

A Separation - Katie Kitamura (Season 1, Episode 4)

Murder Underground - Mavis Doriel Hay (Season 1, Episode 2)

Crossed Skis - E.C.R. Lorac (Season 1, Episode 5)

Next book for release on 8th November: Checkmate to Murder - E.C.R. Lorac 

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Season 2, Episode 3 - Death Comes to Pemberley - a similar era of mystery

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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.

Hope you enjoy listening to the trailer.  If you would prefer to read then here is the transcript:

Hello, my name is Maddy and I’m Hannah, we are reading-partners-in-crime. Over the last 2 years, we have gone on 45 book-based adventures. We investigate a real-life case using advice from murder mystery authors.  We review a book, find the sleuthing tips and hopefully, solve the case. Welcome to The Unsolved Case of The Missing Salmon.

In each episode, we talk about a different murder mystery book. It could be a familiar Golden Age novel or a modern thriller. All our choices are written by women mystery authors. In Season 3, we will be searching for more Queens of Crime to join the 8 mystery geniuses that we’ve already crowned. In Case Notes, I’ll be re-opening the investigation into the missing salmon. Are you? Yes, there have been some new leads and fishy suspects. Well, that’s very intriguing! I know, and (of course!) there will still be Mystery Business, expert guests and special bonus episodes.  Wow, Season 3 sounds like (to use an excellent mystery phrase) the berries, the absolute berries. Doesn’t it just? We can’t wait for you, Mes Amies to join us. Welcome to Season 3 of The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon.

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.

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @missingsalmoncase

Join us on-location at this year's International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay. We reveal all about the annual celebration of the Queen of Crime.   There are incredible Agatha facts, ITV Poirot intell and a real-time walk of the Christie mile.     

We bring you highlights from the first day's events;  Kate Mosse and Anthony Horowitz in conversation followed by Brian Eastman (producer of ITV Poirot) in conversation with Dr Mark Aldridge (plus a screening of Murder on the Links). 

In Mystery Business, we talk about our first Agatha reads, Marple news and Poirot merch.

In Purrcule Pawrot, there is a return of Hercule's rival- Marrascaud (formerly known as Invader Cat).

We also discuss The Big Reveal, open-top buses and unlimited chips. 

Mystery Mentions

Magpie Murders- Anthony Horowitz 

Kate Mosse on reading 260 detective novels

Miss Marple anthology

The Pale Horse, Evil Under the Sun, The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side, 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGinty's Dead, Curtain, Sleeping Murder and Nemesis- Agatha Christie 

ITV Marple 

AOB: Rockfish Torquay

Next book: Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

In the mood for more mystery? Check out our other Agatha episodes - Episode 1- The Sittaford Mystery, Episode 7- Hallowe'en Party and Season 2, Episode 1- The Man in the Brown Suit 

Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase

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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 celebratory Summer Shemozzle as Season 2 comes to a close. There are never-heard-before clips from our Banter in the Library folder.  There are two massive mystery related reveals! 

In Mystery Mind, we attempt to answer fiendish questions on our chosen specialist subjects.

There is a whistlestop tour through our Queens of Crime archives. In Case Notes, Maddy goes on record with her final thoughts.

We also discuss anchovies, corgis and musings from mes amies. 

Thank you for listening to The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon.  We appreciate you, mes amies.  Hope that you have a fantastic summer and look forward to more mystery business in Season 3.  

Mystery Mentions

Death in High Heels, Death of Jezebel and Tour de Force (Episode 6)- Christianna Brand

The Pearl Thief (Episode 14)- Elizabeth Wein

Wish You Were Here (Episode 12)- Rita Mae Brown

Death Goes on Skis (Epsiode 8)- Nancy Spain

The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Episode 5)- Ovidia Yu

AOB: Soul

Next book (for Season 3): Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie 

In the mood for more shemozzle? Check out the End of Year Shemozzle (from Season 1) 

Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase

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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 psychological “why-done-it” which opens in the courtroom - The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

In Mystery Business, we talk about our long-awaited trip to see The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, and hint at some of our Season 3 plans.

We also discuss second-hand book shops (again), the importance of libraries and men named Fordish.

It's Independent Bookshop Week (19th-26th June). This is part of the Books Are My Bag campaign and run by the Booksellers Association, and seeks to celebrate independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland.  What's not to love, Mes Amies?  How about getting ahead of the game and treating yourself to a Season 3 mystery.....We can reveal one of our choices....Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer

Mystery Mentions

The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie (Season 1, Episode 1).

The Division Bell Mystery - Ellen Wilkinson (Season 2, Episode 7)  

AOB: Shonda Rhimes, How to Get Away with Murder

This is our final read of Season 2, but will be back with our summer shemozzle as promised on 12th July, after which we will have a short summer break, before returning with Season 3!

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 3- Portrait of a Murderer (another psychological tale)

Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase

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

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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 thriller set in the London publishing world - Booked for Murder by Val McDermid. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.  There are some light swears as we quote lines from the book.  

There is the weirdest, purest form of Mystery Business. 

In Case Notes, a follow-up interview reveals some sketchy suspects.

Another Queen of Crime is admitted to the exclusive members' club. 

We also discuss Grape Nuts, red-headed women and growing up in the '90s. 

Happy Pride Month to our LGBTQ+ listeners! We will be donating to Diversity Role Models- a charity embedding inclusion and empathy through education and role model storytelling. 

Mystery Mentions

Green for Danger (Episode 9) and Death of Jezebel - Christianna Brand

Blanche White mysteries - Barbara Neely (Episode 2)

The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith

Val McDermid article in The Gentlewoman

AOB: Val McDermid on the importance of libraries, Find your local library, Fluffy Flakelets mystery 

Next book: The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 2- Blanche Cleans Up (also smashes the Bechdel Test)

Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase

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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 forensic thriller - Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

There is discussion of our first in-person recording in Mystery Business, and Hannah meets another member of the team in Purrcule Pawrot.

We also discuss 90s snacks, Line of Duty and the correct pronunciation of Colin.

Next book: Booked for Murder by Val McDermid.

In the mood for more mystery? Then check out Episode 10 - If I should Die - Grace F. Edwards, also starring a female detective in the modern day.

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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 feline frolics as Mrs Murphy (a cat) leads the hunt for a serial killer in Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen. NB - we quote a couple of light swears from the book. 

We are joined by a special guest and honorary cat- Hannah's Mum (aka Helen). Long-memoried amies may remember Helen from Episode 5 of Season 1 where she was cleared of eating the missing salmon. 

Mystery Business is replaced with Cat Business.  We muse on the plans of our feline puppetmasters, both present - Hastings and Hercule, and past- Velvet (The Fat Cat). 

We also discuss spirit animals, grudges and pints of moonshine. 

Mystery Mentions

Miss Marple

Cozy mystery

AOB: Rubyfruit Jungle- Rita Mae Brown, Thomasina and Jennie- Paul Gallico

Next book: Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall 

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 3- Death Comes to Pemberley and Episode 12 - The Mystery of Oaklands (Just William) (also featuring special guests)

Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase

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Send us your show highlight: [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.

Join us for a pleasing Poirot tribute - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

There is discussion of underrated Agatha Christie novels in Mystery Business, according to Sophie Hannah.

We also discuss Green Wing, making our own MegaBus Mystery and sugar crashes.

Mystery Mentions

At Bertram’s Hotel, Hallowe'en Party, Murder in Mesopotamia, Appointment with Death, Cat Among the Pigeons, Sparkling Cyanide , By The Pricking of my Thumbs and After The Funeral, all by Agatha Christie.

AOB: Ronald Knox’s 10 Commandments of Detective Fiction and Julian Rhind-Tutt

Next book: Wish you Were Here - Rita Mae Brown

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 7 - Halloween Party or Episode 1 - The Man in the Brown Suit (also discussing Agatha Christie reads)

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.

Join us for a pacy, Harlem-based thriller- If I Should Die by Grace F. Edwards. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen.

There is wheeling, dealing and gasp-inducing news in Mystery Business. 

In Case Notes, Hannah reports on the 'salmon of doubt' development in a return to Season 1's investigation.

We also discuss the smell of old books, bent coppers (chuckleheads) and Numbers City. 

Mystery Mentions

Suddenly at His Residence, London Particular, Green for Danger (Episode 9) and Death of Jezebel - Christianna Brand

Don't Monkey with Murder - Elizabeth Ferrars

Penguin classics database (with thanks to the creators)

NY Times article on Grace F. Edwards

Blanche White mysteries - Barbara Neely 

The Mimosa Tree Mystery - Ovidia Yu (Episode 5)

AOB: Real facts about MS and Welcome to your Fantasy (Chippendales podcast) (Thank you to listener, Catherine for the tip!)

Next book: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah

In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 13- Backdrop to Murder (also set in Harlem but in 1920s) 

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.