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Caroline Crampton

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26:07

Death By Chocolate (Ad Free)

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2022/05/03

A box of chocolates can conceal a poisonous secret. Books mentioned: — The Case of the Chocolate Cream Killer by Kaye Jones — The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders — The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley — "The Chocolate Box" in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie — Peril at End House by Agatha Christie — At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie — Framed For Hanging by Guy Cullingford — Sweet Poison by Rupert Penny — Deed Without A Name by Dorothy Bowers — The Black Spectacles

27:11

Bonus: Future Episode Suggestions

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2022/04/29

In which I browse through the future episode suggestions on the forum and make some predictions about which ones I might make soon and why.

07:51

Book Club: Behold Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer

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2022/04/29

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for April 2022, in which we are reading Behold Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you've been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 30th April. Choose what we read in July 2022. NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a

28:33

The Detective's Best Friend (Ad Free)

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2022/04/19

Please join me for a long-awaited guided tour of the role that dogs play in detective fiction. Books mentioned: — My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins — The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle — A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon — The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Mystery of the Black Dog by Ellery Queen — "The Oracle of the Dog" by G.K. Chesterton — Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie — Postern of Fate by

45:11

An Encounter With Father Brown (Ad Free)

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2022/04/05

Let's spend some time with G.K. Chesterton, the first president of the Detection Club. I am running an audience survey for the podcast at the moment to find out more about what you think of the main show, how you're enjoying your Shedunnit Book Club membership and what I can do to improve it for you. Fill it out here now or at shedunnitshow.com/survey.

51:40

Bonus: Gail Pittaway Interview

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2022/03/31

For this bonus episode, you're going to hear my full interview with Gail Pittaway from the Ngaio Marsh Goes Home episode of the podcast. It seems like a really long time since I was making the Queens of Crime at War series, all about what our favourite golden age writers were doing during the Second World War, but it was barely six months ago. I hope you enjoy revisiting this conversation as much as I did when I was editing it.

12:30

Book Club: The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

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2022/03/30

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for March 2022, in which we are reading The Wintringham Mystery aka Cicely Disappears by Anthony Berkeley. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you've been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st March. (So sorry this primer is arriving so late in the month, I've had some equipment failures to deal with and had to rerecord everything!) NB: links to

28:18

Agatha's Archaeologists (Ad Free)

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2022/03/22

Agatha Christie knew more than most about digging up corpses. There are no major spoilers in this episode, but be aware that there are mentions of plot points from the books listed below. Books and sources: — The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie — Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie — An Autobiography by Agatha Christie — Mallowan’s Memoirs by Max Mallowan — Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie — The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie — Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

19:50

The Rules (Remastered, Ad Free)

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2022/03/08

A good detective story has a recognisable rhythm and plot points. But how did these tropes come about? And what happens when you break the rules? This episode of Shedunnit was first released in February 2019 and is repeated here in a rerecorded and remastered version. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/therules. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure

27:58

A Second Century of Whodunnits (Ad Free)

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2022/02/22

Reading my way through the last hundred years, from the 1920s to the 2020s, one mystery at a time. My previous attempt at this reading project can be found in the episode A Century of Whodunnits. Books mentioned: — Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers — Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles — Laurels are Poison by Gladys Mitchell — The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey — The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons — Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh — A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine — Faceless

33:57

Bonus: Jennifer Morag Henderson Interview

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2022/02/16

Welcome to a Shedunnit Book Club bonus episode. Today, you're going to hear my full interview with Jennifer Morag Henderson from the Josephine Tey's Golden Age episode of the podcast. Jennifer is the author of the biography Josephine Tey: A Life, and an expert in all aspects of her writing from the detective novels to the plays and beyond. Having admired her book from a far it was a real pleasure to speak to her and I hope you’ll find this illuminating.

23:49

The Whodunnit In India (Ad Free)

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2022/02/08

India has a long and deep tradition of storytelling and mythology. What happens when this heritage is combined with the tropes of golden age detective fiction? Thanks to my guest R.V. Raman. His first whodunnit is A Will To Kill and you can find more information about upcoming books in his Harith Athreya series at rvraman.com.

11:30

Book Club: Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth

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2022/02/04

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for February 2022, in which we are reading Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you've been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 28th February. NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase

19:00

Book Club: The Beast Must Die

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2022/01/30

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for January 2022, in which we are reading The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you've been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st January. NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each

32:31

The Tichborne Claimant (Ad Free)

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2022/01/25

[audio mp3="https://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/TheTichborneClaimantAdFree.mp3"][/audio] The golden age of detective fiction was obsessed with identity. The reason why? An extremely melodramatic Victorian legal case involving shipwreck, Shetland ponies and a tangled aristocratic inheritance. For more details on the Shedunnit Production Assistant job, visit shedunnitshow.com/productionassistant. The deadline for applications is 30th January 2022. Please be aware that there may

19:38

Bonus: Helen Zaltzman Extras

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2022/01/21

This is the bonus material from my conversation with Helen Zaltzman for the A Mysterious Glossary episode. I hope you enjoy our take on what all these extra words and phrases mean.

39:20

A Mysterious Glossary (Ad Free)

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2022/01/11

Do you know your ack emma from your pip emma? Would you wear the cat's pyjamas? Are you, in fact, a goop? Helen Zaltzman joins me to delve into some baffling language from golden age detective fiction. Thanks to my guest for this episode, Helen Zaltzman. She is the host of The Allusionist, a marvellous podcast about language, which I strongly recommend that you support on Patreon now. There are no major plot spoilers in this episode. A bonus episode with 20 minutes of extra material will be

28:34

Bonus: John Pugmire Interview

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2021/12/22

This an interview with John Pugmire, a noted crime fiction enthusiast and translator who runs a small publishing company called Locked Room International. LRI has published some fascinating translations of French and Japanese mysteries particularly, and I’d urge you to check them out if you hear something hear you’re intrigued by! You can find links to all of the books that John has published at mylri.com/books.

09:31

Book Club: Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac

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2021/12/22

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for December 2021, in which we are reading Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac. There is a non-spoilery plot summary included (ie no major clues or twists), but you’ve been warned! I’ll see you in the Shedunnit forum for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st December. NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly same for you, the podcast receives a small commission on each purchase

34:04

Murder Isn’t Easy (Ad Free)

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2021/12/07

https://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MurderIsntEasyAdFree.mp3 How much did Agatha Christie really know about dead bodies? Thanks to my guest for this episode, Carla Valentine. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She’s also the author of Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie. This is all from the main Shedunnit podcast in 2021, although there will still be bonus episodes coming before the end of the

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