Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.

Books mentioned in this episode:

— 1925: The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode

— 1935: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

— 1945: Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham (also published as: Pearls Before Swine)

— 1955: Tour de Force by Christianna Brand

— 1965: At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie

— 1975: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

— 1985: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

— 1995: The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

— 2005: Still Life by Louise Penny

— 2015: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Whodunnit Centenary: 1924

— The Shedunnit Centenary

— A Century of Whodunnits

— A Second Century of Whodunnits

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