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Double Trouble
What happens when two people write a whodunnit together?
At Home With Shedunnit
Caroline's husband Guy takes the mic and asks her the questions for a change.
Agatha Christie Writes Alone
Agatha Christie had a very productive WW2.
E.C.R. Lorac Rises Through The Ranks
Her WW2 mysteries are best of all.
Margery Allingham Waits For The Invasion
For Albert Campion's creator, WW2 was her salvation.
Josephine Tey's Golden Age
WW2 made this Scottish writer want to write mysteries again.
Ngaio Marsh Goes Home
WW2 forced this queen of crime to become better acquainted with her homeland.
Dorothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery
Why did she stop writing detective fiction as WW2 approached?
Murder Isn't Easy
How much did Agatha Christie really know about dead bodies?
A Mysterious Glossary
Would you wear the cat's pyjamas? Let's delve into some baffling 1920s language.
The Tichborne Claimant
Detective fiction is obsessed with identity. This Victorian legal case is the reason why.
The Whodunnit in India
India has a long and deep tradition of storytelling and mythology 鈥斕齛nd now mysteries.
A Second Century of Whodunnits
Reading my way through the last hundred years, one mystery at a time.
Agatha鈥檚 Archaeologists
Agatha Christie knew more than most about digging up corpses.
An Encounter With Father Brown
Let's spend some time with G.K. Chesterton, the first president of the Detection Club.
The Detective's Best Friend
Join me for a long-awaited guided tour of the role that dogs play in detective fiction.
Death By Chocolate
A box of chocolates can conceal a poisonous secret.
The Long Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe
The grandfather of detective fiction still has a lot to teach us.
The Queen of True Crime
F. Tennyson Jesse created a way of telling crime stories that still influences us today.
Looking East
Expanding the horizons of golden age detective fiction.
The Dark Side of True Crime
What if thinking and talking about real life murders was not good for us?
At The Old Bailey
A judge looks back over her time on the bench at a very famous court.
The Nobodies
Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries 鈥斕齱hy do detectives always overlook them?
Agatha The Adventuress
In 1922, Agatha Christie took a trip around the world.
The Challenge of Dorothy L. Sayers
Should detective fiction be easy reading?
The Elusive Agatha Christie
How well do we really know the queen of crime?
A Prize Mystery
Could you beat the detective to the solution?
Queering The Golden Age
What if everything we thought about murder mysteries was wrong?
The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning
A dark story connects this 18th century abduction with a 20th century crime novel.
The Shedunnit Centenary
In which Caroline is the guest, not the host.
Clerical Crimes
Why do murder mysteries contain so many vicars?