Shedunnit 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.
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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)
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