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Today on my summer break guest series, we have Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist again (along with my husband Guy Cuthbertson) talking about the books we read to feel better when we're ill — plenty of detective fiction, of course. This episode first appeared on Helen's podcast in August 2018.Find The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and in all good podcast apps. Find the full shownotes, credits and transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/convalescenceI've got one more guest episode coming up for you in August, and then I'll be back with a new Shedunnit on 4 September.In the meantime, you can find me chilling out with a detective novel in the Shedunnit book club forum, available to paying supporters of the podcast through shedunnitshow.com/membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm taking a summer break from making the podcast, but I've roped in some friends to keep you entertained while I'm gone. Today, we have Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist, with three pieces about alter egos in an episode that first appeared on her show in April 2019. Keep your ears peeled until the last act, because you might just recognise her interviewee.Find The Allusionist at theallusionist.org and in all good podcast apps. Find the full shownotes, credits and transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/alter-ego.I've got two more guest episodes coming up for you in August, and then I'll be back with a new Shedunnit on 4 September.In the meantime, you can find me chilling out with a detective novel in the Shedunnit book club forum, available to paying supporters of the podcast through shedunnitshow.com/membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Maud West, a real life lady detective from the golden age of detective fiction who lived a very colourful life — as well as sleuthing, she liked to dress up as Charlie Chaplin and once threatened to shoot a ghost. But who was she, really?Find links to all the books mentioned and more details about my guests at shedunnitshow.com/theladydetective.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Get a free audiobook via Audible at shedunnitshow.com/audibleGuest:—Susannah Stapleton, author of The Adventures of Maud West, Lady DetectiveBooks mentioned in order of appearance:—The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton—British Women in the Twentieth Century by Elsie M. Lang—Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness OrczyTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/theladydetectivetranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

School is an enclosed world that breeds tension and suspicion and stress. No wonder it's such a perfect setting for a murder mystery.Find links to all the books mentioned and more details about my guests at shedunnitshow.com/backtoschool.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Contributors:—Moira Redmond, author of the Clothes in Books blog—Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike book seriesBooks mentioned in order of appearance:—The Governess, or The Little Female Academy by Sarah Fielding—Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë—David Copperfield by Charles Dickens—Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes—A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil—The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton—The School at the Chalet by Elinor Brent-Dyer—Moira's blog about The Silent Three—First Term at Mallory Towers by Enid Blyton—The Clue in the Castle by Joyce Bevins Webb - Rare Book—A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake—Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers—Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey—Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie—Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser—The Secret Place by Tana French—Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens—First Class Murder by Robin Stevens—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/backtoschooltranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain’s legal system to the limit. But what happened to Florence Maybrick?This is the second of a two part story — listen to episode 16 first at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybrick.Find links to further information and sources at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwo.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Books consulted for research:—The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards—A is for Arsenic  by Kathryn Harkup—Did She Kill Him? by Kate Colquhoun—The Anatomy of Murder  by Members of the Detection ClubTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktwotranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The River Thames has always had a dark side. Its fast-flowing, tidal waters have long attracted those with something to hide.Find links to further reading and sources at shedunnitshow.com/onthethames.You can order my book about the Thames, The Way to the Sea, from Waterstones, Amazon or an independent bookshop. For international purchases, Amazon is (sadly) the best option.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Books mentioned in order: —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox —”Dark Waters” by Freeman Wills Crofts is collected in Bodies from the Library —Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell —A Shilling for Candles by Josephine TeyFurther Thames reading: —Original Sin by P.D. James —Strange Tide by Christopher Fowler —Trouble on the Thames by Victor BridgesTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/onthethamestranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A shipboard romance that somehow became one of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history. This is the story of Florence Maybrick.Check back for part two of this story on 12 June.Find links to further information and sources at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybrick.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Books consulted for research: —The Golden Age of Murder  by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic  by Kathryn Harkup —Did She Kill Him? by Kate Colquhoun —The Anatomy of Murder  by Members of the Detection ClubTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Sponsor: —Audible: get a free audiobook of your choice and  help the show out at the same time at shedunnitshow.com/audible.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/florencemaybricktranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Murder mysteries: if you believe the clichés, they all happened in the 1920s and 1930s, surrounded by flappers and butlers. But let’s take a second to wonder — why is it that detective fiction is so closely associated with this period style?Find more information about my guest Jacqueline Winspear and the Maisie Dobbs books at her website jacquelinewinspear.com and get links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/periodstyle.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie —The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham —A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway —Ariel by André Maurois —The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers —Third Girl by Agatha Christie —Halloween Party by Agatha Christie —Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear —The American Agent by Jacqueline WinspearTo be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.Sponsor: —The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, published by HarperCollins. Enter the competition to win a copy by sending an email to competition@audioboom.com.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/periodstyletranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authors’ names loom large when we think about detective stories. Yet many of them are pseudonyms, created just to appear on book covers. But why go to all this trouble? And what makes a good pen name, anyway?Find more information about my guest Helen Fields / H.S. Chandler at her website helenfields.co.uk and get links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/pseudonyms.Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/membership.Read about why I’ve started the book club here.Subscribe to The Allusionist podcast by Helen Zaltzman to catch Caroline on her pseudonyms episode next week. Find it at theallusionist.org or wherever you get your podcasts.Books mentioned in order of appearance: —The Man in the Queue  by Gordon Daviot / Josephine Tey —A Room of One’s Own  by Virginia Woolf —Josephine Tey: A Life  by Jennifer Morag Henderson —Kif: An Unvarnished History by Elizabeth Mackintosh —Richard of Bordeaux, a play in two acts by Gordon Daviot —A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey —Degrees of Guilt  by H.S. ChandlerSponsor: —The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, published by HarperCollins. Enter the competition to win a copy by sending an email to competition@audioboom.com.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/pseudonymstranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By any definition, the New Zealand crime writer Ngaio Marsh lived an extraordinary life. But who was she really, this globetrotting blockbuster author who divided her life between opposite sides of the world?Find more information about my guest Joanne Drayton and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/ngaiomarsh.To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter.The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice.You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist.Things mentioned in order of appearance: —The Lonely Palette podcast —Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton —A Man Lay Dead  by Ngaio Marsh —Murder at the Vicarage  by Agatha Christie —Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Crime at Black Dudley  by Margery Allingham —Murder on the Orient Express  by Agatha Christie —The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers —Died in the Wool  by Ngaio Marsh —Colour Scheme  by Ngaio MarshFurther reading and sources: —Ngaio Marsh: A Life  by Margaret Lewis (the authorised biography from 1991) —Black Beech and Honeydew  by Ngaio Marsh (her autobiography) —The Golden Age of Murder  by Martin EdwardsSponsor: —The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, published by HarperCollins. Enter the competition to win a copy by sending an email to competition@audioboom.com.Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/ngaiomarshtranscript.Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices