Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories
Sounds,·146 episodes
Katie Lumsden joins Caroline to examine the swan song of A.J. Raffles.
16 Sep 2026,·39 mins
School is an enclosed world that breeds tension and suspicion and stress.
09 Sep 2026,·26 mins
Where does the tradition of younger women solving crimes begin?
02 Sep 2026,·38 mins
Is it still worth reading a whodunnit if you know...who done it?
26 Aug 2026,·20 mins
Caroline rereads Christianna Brand's 1944 crime novel, Green for Danger.
19 Aug 2026,·46 mins,·
Moira Redmond joins Caroline to discuss the Chalet School books by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
12 Aug 2026,·44 mins
Let’s meet Agatha Christie’s strangest creation.
05 Aug 2026,·21 mins
What makes a good pen name, anyway?
29 Jul 2026,·17 mins
Beyond the famous novels, there’s a whole world to discover.
22 Jul 2026,·18 mins
On science-driven crime fiction in the 1920s and the 2020s.
15 Jul 2026,·25 mins
Why did Agatha Christie set her murders in villages?
08 Jul 2026,·19 mins
What could be a better place for a murder than a boat, out at sea?
01 Jul 2026,·19 mins
Why is this murder from 1910 still so fascinating to us?
24 Jun 2026,·42 mins,·
This summer, travel to the murderous destinations visited by your favourite detectives.
17 Jun 2026,·23 mins
There's a reason why Agatha Christie knew so much about poisons.
10 Jun 2026,·19 mins
A good detective story has a recognisable rhythm and plot points.
03 Jun 2026,·19 mins
Ronaldo Fagarazzi joins Caroline for a 1920s serial killer mystery.
27 May 2026,·50 mins
Anne Bedingfield, Emily Trefusis, Lucy Eyelesbarrow...
20 May 2026,·18 mins
Why did Dorothy L. Sayers hate the first Peter Wimsey film so much?
13 May 2026,·19 mins
Some sleuths need no introduction. But other characters lurk in obscurity.
06 May 2026,·19 mins
Are Agatha Christie’s stories as chaste as they seem?
29 Apr 2026,·22 mins,·
The detective's sidekick is a fundamental building block of the classic whodunnit.
22 Apr 2026,·24 mins
What George Orwell can teach us about detective fiction.
15 Apr 2026,·20 mins
It's not who, or how, but why.
08 Apr 2026,·18 mins
The childhood nightmare that informed a crime writing career.
01 Apr 2026,·20 mins
The perfect collection is never complete.
25 Mar 2026,·23 mins
Jim Noy joins Caroline for some Jolly Adventures in a castle.
18 Mar 2026,·48 mins
Murder mysteries: if you believe the clichés, they all happened in the 1920s and 1930s.
11 Mar 2026,·18 mins
What could possibly go wrong?
04 Mar 2026,·40 mins
He was one of the most influential crime novelists of the 1920s and 1930s.
25 Feb 2026,·25 mins
