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There are some minor spoilers in this episode — no solutions to whodunnits totally revealed, but some plot details discussed. If you want to avoiding knowing such details about something that you're reading or plan to read, please consult the list of books and stories in the episode description before proceeding.

Mentioned in this episode:

— "The Case of the Perfect Maid" by Agatha Christie, collected in Miss Marple's Final Cases

— N or M? by Agatha Christie

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand

— Black Plumes by Margery Allingham

— "The Blue Geranium" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Thirteen Problems

— The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

— Fear for Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers

— A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

— 4.50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie

— Family Matters by Anthony Rolls

— “They Don’t Wear Labels” by E.M. Delafield, collected in Capital Crimes

— Below Suspicion by John Dickson Carr

— Blue Murder by Harriet Rutland

— Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh

— Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham

— Poison in the Garden Suburb by G.D.H. and Margaret Cole

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