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How well do we really know the queen of crime?Thanks to my guest, Lucy Worsley. Her book Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman is out now.Books and sources mentioned:— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie— Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet P. Morgan— Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson— Agatha Christie: The Woman And Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill— Forever England: Literature, Femininity and Conservatism between the Wars by Alison Light— “In The Shadow Of Hercule — The War Service Of Archibald Christie” by Peter Wright in Cross & Cockade International, vol 41/3 (2010)— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— “The Lady Vanishes” episode of Shedunnit— “The Dispenser” episode of Shedunnit— “Mary Westmacott” episode of ShedunnitNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/theelusiveagathachristietranscriptMusic by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should detective fiction be easy reading?Thanks to my guest, Eric Sandberg. He is an assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong and the editor of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction.Get tickets to see Shedunnit live on 11th September 2022 in Torquay at shedunnitshow.com/events.Mentioned in this episode:— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers— “The Case of Miss Dorothy Sayers” by Q. D. Leavis in Scrutiny (December 1937)— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers— “Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (20 June 1945)— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers— The “Happily Ever After” episode of Shedunnit— The “Dorothy’s Secret” episode of Shedunnit— The “Dorothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery” episode of Shedunnit— The “Detection Club” episode of ShedunnitNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/thechallengeofdorothylsayerstranscriptMusic by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1922, Agatha Christie took a trip around the world.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/agathatheadventuress.To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.Referenced for this episode:— Agatha Christie: The Grand Tour introduced by Mathew Prichard— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie— Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie— Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy WorsleyNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/agathatheadventuresstranscriptMusic by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction.Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thenobodies.To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.Mentioned in this episode:— The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith— The Suburbans by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland— "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie— The Big Four by Agatha ChristieNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/thenobodiestranscript.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 judge looks back over her time on the bench at a very famous court.Thanks to my guest, Wendy Joseph. Her book about her time as an Old Bailey judge, Unlawful Killings, is out now.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/attheoldbaileyTo support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.Mentioned in this episode:— The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie— Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer— The Crippen episode of Shedunnit— The Brides in the Bath episode of ShedunnitNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/attheoldbaileytranscriptMusic by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if thinking and talking about real life murders was not actually good for us?Thanks to my guest, Emma Berquist. Find all the details about her books and articles at emmaberquist.com.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thedarksideoftruecrimeTo support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.Mentioned in this episode:— The Brides in the Bath episode of Shedunnit— The Murder at Road Hill House episode of Shedunnit— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie— “True Crime Is Rotting Our Brains” by Emma Berquist at Gawker— “There’s Really No Easy Way to Say ‘I Was Stabbed’” by Emma Berquist at Human Parts— Missing Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist— The case of “the Servant Girl Annihilator”— The rescue of Baby Jessica— The Edith Thompson episode of Shedunnit— The Gabby Petito case— Paul Foot on the James Hanratty case— Heavenly Creatures (1994) directed by Peter Jackson— In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/thedarksideoftruecrimetranscriptMusic by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expanding the horizons of golden age detective fiction.Many thanks to my guest, Christopher Huang. You can find out more about his work at ricordius.com. His first mystery novel is A Gentleman's Murder. Read his article "How Do You Decolonise The Golden Age Mystery? Read More Historical Fiction!" at crimereads.com.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/lookingeast.To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.Books mentioned:— The Cadfael series by Ellis Peters— X Esquire by Leslie Charteris— The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie— Meet the Tiger by Leslie Charteris— Miss Moorthy Investigates by Ovidia Yu— Ronald Knox's "Decalogue"— "The Rules" episode of Shedunnit— The Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie— A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee— The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey— The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia YuNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/lookingeasttranscript Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

F. Tennyson Jesse created a way of telling crime stories that still influences us today.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thequeenoftruecrime.To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.Books mentioned and sources consulted: Books mentioned:— Murder and Its Motives by F. Tennyson Jesse— "The Mask" by F. Tennyson Jesse— The Sword of Deborah by F. Tennyson Jesse— The Trial of Madeleine Smith by F. Tennyson Jesse— The Trial of Rattenbury and Stoner by F. Tennyson Jesse— A Pin To See The Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse— Comments on Cain by F. Tennyson Jesse— Crime Writing in Interwar Britain by Victoria Stewart— A Portrait of Fryn by Joanna ColenbranderNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/thequeenoftruecrimetranscript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The grandfather of detective fiction still has a lot to teach us.Many thanks to my guest, Jim Noy. You can find out more about his work at his blog, theinvisibleevent.com. His book The Red Death Murders is available only from Amazon worldwide (link for UK; link for US).To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.Books mentioned:— The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe— The Red Death Murders by Jim Noy— The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe— "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan PoeNB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/thelongshadowofedgarallenpoetranscript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A box of chocolates can conceal a poisonous secret.Find out more at shedunnitshow.com/deathbychocolate.To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.Books mentioned:— The Case of the Chocolate Cream Killer by Kaye Jones— The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley— "The Chocolate Box" in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie— At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie— Framed For Hanging by Guy Cullingford— Sweet Poison by Rupert Penny— Deed Without A Name by Dorothy Bowers— The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr (aka The Problem of the Green Capsule)NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge.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, 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/deathbychocolatetranscript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices