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Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

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Mentioned in the episode:

— The Murder on the Links (1923) by Agatha Christie

— “The Murder on the Golf Links” (1907) by Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, featured in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

— A Lost Leader (1906) by E. Phillips Oppenheim

— Hints on the Game of Golf by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Book of Golf and Golfers by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Lost Golfer (1930) by Horace G Hutchinson

— Tish Plays the Game (1921) by Mary Roberts Rinehart

— The Viaduct Murder (1925) by Ronald Knox

— The Bunker at the 5th (1927) by Marcus Dods

— “The Red Golf Ball” by Gerald Verner, featured in Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

— Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie

— The Murder on the Sixth Hole (aka The Strange Death of Martin Green) by David Frome

— Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) by Miles Burton

— Fer-de-Lance (1934) by Rex Stout

— Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie

— “The Sweet Shot” (1939) by EC Bentley

— Trent’s Own Case (1936) by EC Bentley

— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley

— Mr. Malcolm Presents (1932) by Gerard Fairlie

— The Case of the Green Felt Hat (1937) by Christopher Bush

— Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly

— The Body in the Bunker by Herbert Adams

— Death Off the Fairway by Herbert Adams

— Nineteenth Hole Mystery by Herbert Adams

— Death on the First Tee by Herbert Adams

— The Secret of Bogey House (1924) by Herbert Adams

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