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Reminder: Switch To The New Shedunnit Book Club Feed

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2025/07/25

If you're seeing/hearing this, you still need to update your podcast app to the new Shedunnit Book Club feed to keep listening to all the episodes. This one is going to disappear at the end of July. To switch, please visit shedunnitshow.com/podcastfeedamateursleuth and follow the steps there to get set up. Any issues, contact caroline@shedunnitshow.com.

01:41

Moving to the new Shedunnit Book Club feed

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2025/06/25

Owing to some technical changes behind the scenes, you need to move over to a new Shedunnit Book Club podcast feed. This one will no longer be updating. To make the change, look out for an email with the subject line "The Shedunnit Book Club Podcast Feed" and then click the button that says "Listen in your favorite podcast listening app" and follow the instructions there. This email will go to the address that you used to sign up for the Book Club (and the one where you receive all of your email

39:40

The Poison Book (Ad Free)

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2025/06/24

How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points. Books mentioned in this episode: — A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley — Family Matters by Anthony Rolls NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the

45:25

Book Club Conversation: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard...

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2025/06/18

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Conversation episode for June 2025, in which we are reading Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy. This is part two of a two-part experience: in part one, you can hear some basic context and publication information for this book without any spoilers and this, part two, is a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully

12:20

Book Club Fact File: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by...

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2025/06/18

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Fact File episode for June 2025, in which we are reading Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy. This is part one of a two-part experience: in part two, you can hear a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 30th June 2025. Links: — The reading themes for 2025 — The new book suggestions

23:21

The Murder Mystery Hotline II (Ad Free)

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2025/06/10

Our golden age detective fiction recommendation line is at your service. Books mentioned in this episode: — The Lighthouse by Wilkie Collins — Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor — The Murder Game by Tom Hindle — Sir John Magill's Last Journey by Freeman Wills Crofts — Man Overboard! by Freeman Wills Crofts — Fatal Venture by Freeman Wills Crofts — Common or Garden Crime by Sheila Pim — Midsummer Malice by Nigel FitzGerald — Death at Crane's Court by Eilís Dillon — The Private Wound by

23:13

An Inspector Calls (Ad Free)

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2025/05/27

Because sometimes, only a professional will do. Books mentioned in this episode: — The Murder on the Burrows by E.C.R. Lorac — Dishonour Among Thieves by E.C.R. Lorac — Crime Counter Crime by E.C.R. Lorac — Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac — Fire in the Thatch by E.C.R. Lorac — Death Came Softly by E.C.R. Lorac — Murder in Vienna by E.C.R. Lorac — Murder on a Monument by E.C.R. Lorac — Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac — The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac — Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac —

46:16

Book Club Conversation: Murder by Matchlight by ECR...

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2025/05/14

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Conversation episode for May 2025, in which we are reading Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac. This is part two of a two-part experience: in part one, you can hear some basic context and publication information for this book without any spoilers and this, part two, is a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered

09:44

Book Club Fact File: Murder by Matchlight by ECR...

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2025/05/14

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Fact File episode for May 2025, in which we are reading Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac. This is part one of a two-part experience: in part two, you can hear a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered discussion thread on 31st May 2025. Links: — The reading themes for 2025 — The new book suggestions category —

40:34

The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9, Ad Free)

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2025/05/13

Locked room mystery specialist Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s sensational 1905 thriller. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:38. 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 Man in the Dark by John Ferguson. Books mentioned in this episode: — The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace — Raffles by E.W

31:00

The Crimes of Dorothy Erskine Muir (Ad Free)

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2025/04/29

Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer. Thank you, Debra, at Moonstone Press for first bringing the republication of Dorothy Erskine Muir's detective fiction to my attention. She is running a special offer for Shedunnit listeners for the 30 days after this episode airs: if you buy the paperback set of Erskine Muir's three novels, you get three for the price of two and the podcast gets a little commission for referring you. Take advantage of the special offer:

37:20

Bonus: Ask Me Anything 2025

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2025/04/15

Caroline answers the book club's questions about books, hobbies, and Morris. Books mentioned: — Calamity in Kent by John Rowland — King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett — D Is for Death by Harriet F. Townson — Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne — The Appeal by Janice Hallett — Swan Song by Edmund Crispin — The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin — The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin — The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White — Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White — Green for Danger by

49:38

Book Club Conversation: The Murder at the Vicarage by...

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2025/04/10

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Conversation episode for April 2025, in which we are reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. This is part two of a two-part experience: in part one, you can hear some basic context and publication information for this book without any spoilers and this, part two, is a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully

08:18

Book Club Fact File: The Murder at the Vicarage by...

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2025/04/10

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Fact File episode for April 2025, in which we are reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. There are no major spoilers here. In this fact file, you'll hear Caroline giving some basic context and publication information for the book without any spoilers. Then, if you head to part two — the conversation — you'll find a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about this book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the

38:19

Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8, Ad Free)

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2025/04/01

Darryl Jones joins Caroline to discuss the first collection of Raffles stories. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 10:30. 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 Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace. Books mentioned in this episode: — Raffles by E.W. Hornung — The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie — No

23:39

Oxford vs Cambridge (Ad Free)

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2025/03/18

Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries? Books mentioned in this episode: — The Masters by C.P. Snow — Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis — Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh — Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm — Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin — The Cambridge Murders by Dilwyn Rees — Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes — An Oxford Tragedy by J.C. Masterman (£825.00) — Death on the Cherwell by Mavis

40:35

Book Club Conversation: Last Bus to Woodstock by...

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2025/03/12

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Conversation episode for March 2025, in which we are reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter. This is part two of a two-part experience: in part one, you can hear some basic context and publication information for this book without any spoilers and this, part two, is a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about the book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum, where we'll also see you for our fully spoilered

10:15

Book Club Fact File: Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin...

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2025/03/12

This is the Shedunnit Book Club Fact File episode for March 2025, in which we are reading Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter. There are no major spoilers here. In this fact file, you'll hear Caroline giving some basic context and publication information for the book without any spoilers. Then, if you head to part two — the conversation — you'll find a fully spoilered discussion between Caroline and Leandra about this book. Feedback or comments on this approach are very welcome in the forum,

38:25

The Mystery Short Story (Ad Free)

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2025/03/04

A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation. Please be aware that there are spoilers in this episode for the two stories discussed here in detail: "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie and "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell. Books mentioned in this episode: — Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle — A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle — "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures

23:10

Agatha Christie’s Taste in Crime Fiction (Ad Free)

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2025/02/18

She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read? Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: — Jamie Bernthal on Arthur Conan Doyle — Moira Redmond on Elizabeth Daly — Martin Edwards on My Brother's Killer — Gray Robert Brown on Muriel Spark Books mentioned in this episode: — Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — The Hound of the

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