Whodunnit Centenary: 1925
Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
Books mentioned in this episode:
— 1925: The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
— 1935: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Omnibus of Crime: Great Short Stories of Detection
— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
— 1945: Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham (also published as: Pearls Before Swine)
— 1955: Tour de Force by Christianna Brand
— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
— Suddenly at His Residence by Christianna Brand
— 1965: At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
— 1975: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
— Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
— A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
— 1985: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
— 1995: The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
— 2005: Still Life by Louise Penny
— 2015: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Related Shedunnit episodes:
— Whodunnit Centenary: 1924
— The Shedunnit Centenary
— A Century of Whodunnits
— A Second Century of Whodunnits
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