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Let It Snow

Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist.

Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist.

It can create a sinister atmosphere, keep suspects and murderer stormbound, and preserve the footprints of anyone who dares to escape. What could be more seasonal or festive than that?

Mentioned in this episode:
鈥擬urder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie
鈥擧ercule Poirot鈥檚 Christmas (1938) by Agatha Christie
鈥擬ystery in White (1937) by J. Jefferson Farjeon
鈥擲ilent Nights: Christmas Mysteries (2015) edited by Martin Edwards
鈥擳he Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie
鈥擳he Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥斺淭he Erymanthian Boar鈥 in The Labours of Hercules (1947) by Agatha Christie
鈥擜n English Murder (1951) by Cyril Hare
鈥擠eath and the Dancing Footman (1942) by Ngaio Marsh
鈥擳hree Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) by Agatha Christie
鈥擲tairway to Murder (1959) by Osmington Mills
鈥擳here Came Both Mist and Snow (1940) by Michael Innes
鈥擳he Sad Variety (1964) by Nicholas Blake
鈥擝lood Upon the Snow (1944) by Hilda Lawrence
鈥擳he Slype (1927) by by Russell Thorndike
鈥 Hangman鈥檚 Holiday (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥擥roaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow (1950) by Gladys Mitchell
鈥擳he Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941) by Nicholas Blake
鈥1222 (2011) by Anne Holt
鈥擳he Snowman (2007) by Jo Nesbo
鈥擶hiteout (2011) by Ragnar Jonasson

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

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