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Caroline Crampton

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32:58

The Murder At Road Hill House (Ad Free)

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2021/07/13

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/TheMurderAtRoadHillHouseAdFree.mp3 This case from 1860 ignited a wave of detective fever that we still haven’t recovered from. NB: We do discuss the outcome of the Road Hill House case, so if you want to read The Suspicions of Mr Whicher without knowing what happens at the end, do that before you listen to this. Other books mentioned — The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers, and John Rhode’s essay “Constance

12:39

Book Club: The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

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2021/07/01

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for July 2021, in which we are reading The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo. There is a brief 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 Saturday 31st July and thereafter. You might also find The Honkaku Mysteries episode of the main podcast useful in explaining the broader honkaku tradition to which this book belongs

01:07:08

Bonus: Maureen Johnson Interview

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2021/07/01

This is the full audio of my interview with Maureen Johnson, which appeared in the Young Sleuths of the main podcast. Maureen’s newest YA mystery, The Box in the Woods, is out now. Find out more at her website www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com and follow her on Twitter @maureenjohnson. Listen using the player above, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or download the mp3 directly here. NB: links to books at Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that although the price remains the exactly

18:34

Agatha Christie’s England (Ad Free)

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2021/06/29

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AgathaChristiesEnglandAdFree.mp3 Where is St Mary Mead, anyway? My guide to Agatha Christie’s England is now available to pre-order from the publisher at shedunnitshow.com/map (ships 19th July 2021), and the first 100 people to do so will get free access to the audiobook version. Listen to this episode now using the player on the page at shedunnitbookclub.com/agathachristiesenglandadfree, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or

24:30

Young Sleuths (Ad Free)

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2021/06/15

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/YoungSleuthsAdFree.mp3 Young detectives, and young readers, play an important part in the history of detective fiction. Many thanks to my guest, Maureen Johnson. Her newest YA mystery, The Box in the Woods, is out now. There are no major plot spoilers in this episode, but we do talk about the general set up of Maureen’s four Stevie Bell novels: Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, The Hand on the Wall and The Box in the Woods. Listen

27:01

Golden Age Inspiration with Elly Griffiths (Ad Free)

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2021/06/01

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GoldenAgeInspirationAdFree.mp3 I’m delighted to say that the author of the book we’re reading in the club this month, The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths, agreed to be on the show to tell us all about how she wrote it. That’s one advantage of reading a work by a living author, I suppose! Elly (real name Domenica De Rosa) is a big fan of Victorian and golden age murder mysteries, and even invented her own classic crime writer for the

23:10

Policing The Detectives (Ad Free)

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2021/05/17

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PolicingTheDetectivesAdFree.mp3 Is it possible to write a whodunnit and leave out the police? Many thanks to my guest, Nicole Glover. More information about her work is available at nicole-glover.com, and her first book, The Conductors, is out now in the US and the UK. The inspiration for this episode was Nicole’s article “Who Are You Going To Call: Rethinking The Role Of Police In Mysteries“. Listen using the player on the page at

57:05

Bonus: Mark Aldridge Interview

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2021/05/14

This is the full audio of my interview with Mark Aldridge, which appeared in The Many Lives of Hercule Poirot and Swan Song episodes of the main podcast. You can find out more about his work at markaldridge.info and order a copy of his new book, Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, from all good booksellers. We ended up chatting for about an hour, and even diverted into discussing Japanese crime fiction at the end. Listen using the player above, your private podcast feed

12:45

Book Club: Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie

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2021/05/06

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for May 2021, in which we are reading Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie. There is a brief 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 Monday 31st May. Sign up via email to be alerted when our monthly watching party is about to start — in May, it’s happening on Sunday 30th May at 5pm BST. Suggestions for what we watch

28:00

A Century Of Whodunnits (Ad Free)

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2021/05/03

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ACenturyOfWhodunnitsAdFree.mp3 Reading through the twentieth century, one murder mystery at a time. Listen using the player on the page at shedunnitbookclub.com/acenturyofwhodunnits, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or download the mp3 directly here. There are no major plot spoilers in this episode, but the plot of each book is discussed briefly. There is a major spoiler for the Sherlock Holmes story “The Final Problem” from

20:38

Swan Song (Ad Free)

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2021/04/20

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SwanSongAdFree.mp3 How do you say goodbye to a beloved detective? Be aware: there are spoilers for Curtain and Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie in this episode! Listen using the player on the page at shedunnitbookclub.com/swansongadfree, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or download the mp3 directly here.

48:12

Bonus: Hamish Symington on Crosswords

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2021/04/14

This is the full audio of my interview with Hamish Symington, the crossword setter Soup, which appeared in the “Cryptic Crimes” episode of the main podcast. Please enjoy hearing my total silent bafflement every time he throws an “obvious” clue at me.

11:50

Book Club: Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert

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2021/04/08

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for April 2021, in which we are reading Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert. 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 31 March. Relevant links: — The ECR Lorac episode of the main podcast (for more discussion of an Inspector Hazelrigg-esque detective — The primer episode about Ngaio Marsh’s Death at the Bar

21:38

The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot (Ad Free)

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2021/04/06

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TheManyAfterlivesofHerculePoirotAdFree.mp3 There aren’t many characters who are recognisable just from a silhouette, but Hercule Poirot is one of them. Listen using the player on the page at shedunnitbookclub.com/themanyafterlivesofherculepoirotadfree, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or download the mp3 directly here.

50:12

Bonus: On Nomoto and Daniel Seton on Honkaku Mysteries

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2021/03/25

This is the full audio of interviews with On Nomoto — grandson of Seishi Yokomizo — and Daniel Seton, the editor at Pushkin Press responsible for publishing the first English translations of this bestselling Japanese crime writer, from The Honkaku Mysteries episode. I hope you enjoy hearing about honkaku mysteries in more detail. There are no spoilers, but we do talk about The Honjin Murders* and The Inugami Curse*. Listen using the player above, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or

09:44

Book Club: Death At The Bar by Ngaio Marsh

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2021/03/25

This is the Shedunnit Book Club companion episode for March 2021, in which we are reading Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh. 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 31 March. Further listening/reading for this month: — The Secret Life of Ngaio Marsh episode of the main podcast — The primer episode about Ngaio Marsh’s The Nursing Home Murder Sign up via email to

19:45

Cryptic Crimes (Ad Free)

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2021/03/23

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CrypticCrimesAdFree.mp3 If you can solve a crossword, you can solve a murder. Listen using the player on the page at shedunnitbookclub.com/crypticcrimesadfree, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or download the mp3 directly here.

20:23

The Honkaku Mysteries (Ad Free)

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2021/03/09

Let’s take a trip to Japan. Listen using the player on the page at shedunnitbookclub.com/thehonkakumysteriesadfree, your private podcast feed (instructions here) or download the mp3 directly here.

10:56

Bonus: Top Five Non-Christie Golden Age Mysteries

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2021/02/25

Club member Heather asked this: “Perhaps like some other members, I’ve read endless Christie’s (which I adore), but would love to get suggestions of maybe a Top 5 hit list of other classic detective books which I ‘ought’ to have read in order to get a good overview of the period.” And this is my answer!

20:05

Queer Clues (Replay, Ad Free)

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2021/02/23

http://shedunnitbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/QCReplayClub.mp3 I’m taking a little break this week while I work on some upcoming episodes, so in the meantime please enjoy this classic Shedunnit from November 2018, all about the coded gay characters and references in books from the golden age of detective fiction like Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced and Josephine Tey’s Miss Pym Disposes. Find more information about my guests and the books mentioned at

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