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Death Under Par

Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

Mentioned in the episode:
鈥 The Murder on the Links (1923) by Agatha Christie
鈥 鈥淭he Murder on the Golf Links鈥 (1907) by Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, featured in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards
鈥 A Lost Leader (1906) by E. Phillips Oppenheim
鈥 Hints on the Game of Golf by Horace G Hutchinson
鈥 The Book of Golf and Golfers by Horace G Hutchinson
鈥 The Lost Golfer (1930) by Horace G Hutchinson
鈥 Tish Plays the Game (1921) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
鈥 The Viaduct Murder (1925) by Ronald Knox
鈥 The Bunker at the 5th (1927) by Marcus Dods
鈥 鈥淭he Red Golf Ball鈥 by Gerald Verner, featured in Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards
鈥 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie
鈥 The Murder on the Sixth Hole (aka The Strange Death of Martin Green) by David Frome
鈥 Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) by Miles Burton
鈥 Fer-de-Lance (1934) by Rex Stout
鈥 Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie
鈥 鈥淭he Sweet Shot鈥 (1939) by EC Bentley
鈥 Trent鈥檚 Own Case (1936) by EC Bentley
鈥 Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley
鈥 Mr. Malcolm Presents (1932) by Gerard Fairlie
鈥 The Case of the Green Felt Hat (1937) by Christopher Bush
鈥 Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly
鈥 The Body in the Bunker by Herbert Adams
鈥 Death Off the Fairway by Herbert Adams
鈥 Nineteenth Hole Mystery by Herbert Adams
鈥 Death on the First Tee by Herbert Adams
鈥 The Secret of Bogey House (1924) by Herbert Adams
鈥 Unfinished Portrait (1934) by Mary Westmacott
鈥 My Late Wives (1946) by Carter Dickson
鈥 An Awkward Lie (1952) by Michael Innes
鈥 Fair Prey (1956) by William Campbell Gault
鈥 The Big Gamble (1958) by George Harmon Coxe
鈥 Murder at the Open (1965) by Angus MacVicar
鈥 Deadly Putter (1979) by Ted Dexter and Clifford Makins
鈥 Death of a Low-Handicap Man (1974) by Brian Ball
鈥 A Hole in One (2005) by Catherine Aird
鈥 Administration Can Be Murder (2000) by Richard L. Baldwin
鈥 Death from the Ladies' Tee (1992) by James Y Bartlett
鈥 Murder in the Rough, collection edited by Otto Penzler
鈥 Open Season (2005) by Jim Moriarty
鈥 Par for the Corpse by Kathleen Kelly Sprissler

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Shedunnit is written and narrated by Caroline Crampton and edited by Euan McAleece. Production assistance from Leandra Griffith.

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