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The Mystery Short Story

A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.

A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.

Please be aware that there are spoilers in this episode for the two stories discussed here in detail: "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie and "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell.

Books mentioned in this episode:
—  Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle
— The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
— A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
— "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
— How to Write a Mystery: a Handbook from Mystery Writers of America,  edited by Lee Child with Laurie R. King
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— “The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Thirteen Problems
— Mr. Fortune, Please by H. C. Bailey
— "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Hound of Death
— "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell, collected in In the Shadow of Agatha Christie
— Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

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39 minutes