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Young Sleuths

Young detectives and readers play a vital part in the history of detective fiction.

Young detectives and readers play a vital part in the history of detective fiction.

Many thanks to my guest, Maureen Johnson. Her newest young adult mystery is The Box in the Woods.

Books mentioned:
— The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
— Harriet The Spy by Lousie Fitzhugh
— Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
— The Secret Island by Enid Blyton
— Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
— The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton
— The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
— Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
— Holiday River by Gladys Mitchell
— The Seven Stones Mystery by Gladys Mitchell
— The Malory Secret by Gladys Mitchell
— Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
— Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
— Mystery in Children's Literature: From the Rational to the Supernatural edited by Adrienne Gavin and Christopher Routledge

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Shedunnit is written and narrated by Caroline Crampton and edited by Euan MacAleece.

Release date:

6 months left to listen

23 minutes