Film historian Sergio Angelini joins Caroline to discuss a rather cinematic whodunnit.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:40. 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 Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace.

You can find Sergio's podcast, Tipping My Fedora, about all things crime fiction and film noir, in all good podcast apps.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— The Rasp by Philip MacDonald
— Patrol by Philip MacDonald
— The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald
— The Reader Is Warned by Carter Dickson
— The Polferry Riddle by Philip MacDonald
— The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
— The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
— Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming
— The Maze by Philip MacDonald
— Pale Fire by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
— The Rynox Murder by Philip MacDonald
— Murder Gone Mad by Philip MacDonald
— The Mystery of the Dead Police by Philip MacDonald

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