Australian mystery reading duo Flex and Herds join Caroline to look at this influential whodunnit.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 12:24. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Rasp by Philip MacDonald.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley
— Trent Intervenes by E.C. Bentley
— Biography for Beginners by E.C. Bentley
— Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards
— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Three Taps by Ronald Knox
— Broke Road by Matthew Spencer
— The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
— Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

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