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Shedunnit Episodes

  1. The People's Pathologist

    Before there was CSI, there was Bernard Spilsbury.

  2. The Other Detectives

    Some sleuths need no introduction. But other characters lurk in obscurity.

  3. The Nobodies

    Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries — why do detectives always overlook them?

  4. The Mystery Short Story

    A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.

  5. The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers

    She wrote five successful murder mysteries and then vanished without a trace.

  6. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Kathryn Harkup and Caroline reconsider Agatha Christe’s very first detective novel.

  7. The Mutual Admiration Society

    One chilly night in November 1912, the Mutual Admiration Society was formed.

  8. The Murders in Praed Street (Green Penguin Book Club 15)

    Ronaldo Fagarazzi joins Caroline for a 1920s serial killer mystery.

  9. The Murderless Christmas Mystery

    Not every mystery needs a murder.

  10. The Murder on the Links

    John Curran joins Caroline to read Christie’s third novel, her first green penguin.

  11. The Murder Mystery Hotline II

    Our golden age detective fiction recommendation line is at your service.

  12. The Murder Mystery Hotline

    If you need a golden age detective fiction recommendation, we are at your service.

  13. The Murder At Road Hill House

    This sensational case from 1860 ignited a wave of detective fever.

  14. The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes (Green Penguin Book Club 7)

    Moira Redmond joins Caroline to consider a surprising medical mystery from 1931.

  15. The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot

    "There aren’t many characters who are recognisable just from a silhouette. "

  16. The Man in the Dark (Green Penguin Book Club 10)

    Kate Jackson joins Caroline to read John Ferguson’s intriguing “Ealing mystery”.

  17. The Long Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe

    The grandfather of detective fiction still has a lot to teach us.

  18. The Lifelong Fan

    Renée read her first detective novel in the 1930s. She hasn’t stopped since.

  19. The Lady Vanishes

    On 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie vanished.

  20. The Lady Detective

    Meet Maud West, a real life lady detective from the golden age of detective fiction.

  21. The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning

    A dark story connects this 18th century abduction with a 20th century crime novel.

  22. The Honkaku Mysteries

    Exploring the thriving tradition of classic Japanese whodunnits.

  23. The Hay Poisoner

    All the best murder mysteries start with a scone laced with arsenic.

  24. The Green Penguin

    One visit to Agatha Christie changed everything.

  25. The Great Gladys

    A reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft.

  26. The Golden Age Autopsy

    Step inside the mortuary.

  27. The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9)

    Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s 1905 thriller.

  28. The First Whodunnit

    What was the first murder mystery, really?

  29. The Evolution of Margery Allingham

    The parallel lives of a writer and her detective.

  30. The Elusive Agatha Christie

    How well do we really know the queen of crime?

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