The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)
Kathryn Harkup is Caroline’s guest for a reconsideration of Agatha Christie’s very first detective novel.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 22:30. 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 Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
— Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran
— A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
— The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Christie
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— The Missing Moneylender by W Stanley Sykes
Kathryn Harkup's past appearances on Shedunnit:
— The Dispenser
— The Pale Horse
Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
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54:25
Vanishing Corpses
Where did that dead body go? It was right here!
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Mentioned in this episode:
—The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert
—The Vanishing Corpse by Ellery Queen
—The Case of the Runaway Corpse by Erle Stanley Gardner
—The Corpse Steps Out by Craig Rice
—Case Without A Corpse by Leo Bruce
—The Disappearing Corpse by James Warren
—A Silent Witness by R. Austin Freeman
—The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts
—Untimely Death by Cyril Hare
—Adders on the Heath by Gladys Mitchell
—Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
—The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
—The Red House Mystery by AA Milne
—The 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
—The Case of the Blind Barber by John Dickson Carr
—The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr
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27:02
Mysterious Knitting
How to weave the perfect murder mystery plot.
Find out more about Kate Davies' work at katedaviesdesigns.com and browse all of her patterns at shopkdd.com. The Margery Allingham's Mysterious Knits book, which contains Caroline's essay about knitting and detective fiction, is available at shopkdd.com/summerofmystery.
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Mentioned in this episode:
— The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
— More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham
— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham
— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham
— The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham
— Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham
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26:47
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)
Martin Edwards joins Caroline to revisit this iconic example of golden age detective fiction.
No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 11:06. 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 Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.
Join the Shedunnit Book Club for two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join.
Mentioned in this episode:
— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
— Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley
— Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
— Bloody Murder by Julian Symons
— "The Avenging Chance" by Anthony Berkeley
— The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox
— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
— The Lazarus Widow by Bill Knox with Martin Edwards
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey
— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:
— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)
— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)
— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)
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 same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.
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39:00
The Red Barn Murder
What connects a notorious 1827 murder case with the Detection Club’s cosy Soho clubrooms?
There are minor spoilers for the books listed below in this episode. Also, please be aware that there are passing references (without description) in this episode to infant death.
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Mentioned or consulted in the making of this episode:
— The Red Barn, A Tale Founded On Fact by Robert Huish
— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
— Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
— BBC News report of William Corder's cremation in 2004
— Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn, an anonymous play
— Maria Marten: The Murder in the Red Barn by Peter Haining
— William Corder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body by Shane McCorristine
— The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten by James Curtis
— The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
— The Red Barn Mystery by Donald McCormick
— The case report in the Newgate Calendar
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Florence Maybrick I & II
— The Murder At Road Hill House
— Crippen
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