Shedunnit Podcast
1) Dining with Death
Food matters in books. It helps to set the scene, build up characters and evoke a period, and it also symbolises comfort, security and domesticity. Yet in detective fiction, food can also be a method ...Show More
2) The Servant Problem
How the interwar servant shortage changed detective fiction. This episode marked the beginning of the Shedunnit Pledge Drive. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shed...Show More
3) The Crime Clubs
Do secret societies have any place in murder mysteries? Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discussi...Show More
4) Trent's Last Case (Green Penguin Book Club 11)
Australian mystery reading duo Flex and Herds join Caroline to look at this influential whodunnit. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 12:24. Aft...Show More
5) The Cluefinder
A literary device from the golden age of detective fiction is making a comeback. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the...Show More
6) Rediscovering Miss Marple
Getting back in touch with the foremost citizen of St Mary Mead. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading...Show More
7) Murder at the Bookshop
Death lurks among the shelves — in crime fiction, that is. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discu...Show More
8) Death On Paper
There’s a lot of fun to be had with an epistolary mystery. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discu...Show More
9) The Man in the Dark (Green Penguin Book Club 10)
Golden age expert Kate Jackson joins Caroline to read John Ferguson’s intriguing “Ealing mystery”. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 15:33. Aft...Show More
10) The Poison Book
How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points. My guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her book V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death is available now. ...Show More