Podcast Episodes

2025 Review & Holiday Quiz

Season 3 Episode 90

2025 has been a great year on the pod and in this episode we look back at this successful and surprising stretch of reading and collaborating across thirty episodes. In addition to sharing our rankin…

Published on 5 hours ago

LTP Festive: Dancing Dan's Christmas (1932)

Season 3 Episode 89

Damon Runyan's Broadway stories are characterised by crooks, rogues and revelers with hearts of gold. In "Dancing Dan's Christmas" from 1932, we see a trio of pals, led by Dan, on a Christmas mission…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

LTP Festive: Waxworks (1930)

Season 3 Episode 88

It's Christmas Eve in Oldhampton and as residents enjoy what's left of their pre-holiday errands, cub reporter Sonia is looking to eschew the society fluff of her regular assignments by tackling a mo…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Killer in the Rain (1935)

Season 3 Episode 87

Before Philip Marlowe there was... "shamus"... aka Proto-Marlowe!

In this episode, Scott goes on solo assignment through the pages of Black Mask magazine to share his thoughts on Raymond Chandler's 19…

Published on 1 month ago

Berlin Game (1983)

Season 3 Episode 86

In this, his first Bernard Samson narrative, Len Deighton gives us the story of a weary MI6 veteran who's pulled back into danger when a suspected mole threatens London's Berlin intelligence network.…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

LTP 007: Scorpius (1988)

Season 3 Episode 85

From a post 9/11 framework, some could read John Gardner's Scorpius as chilling and prophetic. In the year of its publication, however, it was aiming to hit more contemporary targets. From growing wo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Blood Sugar (2019)

Season 3 Episode 84

It's Halloween on Yellow Street and outcast Robbie Glinton has a plan for revenge. Let down by teachers, abandoned by parents and ignored by "the man", he and his troop of juvenile delinquents (Jody,…

Published on 2 months ago

LTP 007: Win, Lose or Die (1989)

Season 3 Episode 83

The John Gardner sweep continues with "Win, Lose or Die", the eighth continuation novel in his cycle of Bond adventures. With this story, Gardner keeps on trend-jumping, here drawing inspiration from…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Maigret and the Ghost (1964) w/ The Book Graveyard

Season 3 Episode 82

In this special episode, Nick Anderson from The Book Graveyard lends his enthusiasm and rides sidecar through our exploration of "Maigret and the Ghost". When one of the Inspector's colleagues from t…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

LTP Noir: Nora Prentiss (1947)

Season 3 Episode 81

Dr Richard Talbot: "I'm writing a paper on ailments of the heart."

Nora Prentiss: "A paper? I could write a book!"

LTP Noir is back with "oomph" and a deep-dive into 1947's Nora Prentiss, directed by …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago