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The Detective's Best Friend
Please join me for a long-awaited guided tour of the role that dogs play in detective fiction.
Books mentioned:
— My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins
— …
4 years, 6 months ago
An Encounter With Father Brown
Let's spend some time with G.K. Chesterton, the first president of the Detection Club.
Sources:
— "The Hammer of God" by G.K. Chesterton from The Innoc…
4 years, 6 months ago
Agatha's Archaeologists
Agatha Christie knew more than most about digging up corpses.
There are no major spoilers in this episode, but be aware that there are mentions of plo…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Rules (Remastered)
A good detective story has a recognisable rhythm and plot points. But how did these tropes come about? And what happens when you break the rules?
This…
4 years, 7 months ago
A Second Century of Whodunnits
Reading my way through the last hundred years, from the 1920s to the 2020s, one mystery at a time.
My previous attempt at this reading project can be …
4 years, 8 months ago
The Whodunnit in India
India has a long and deep tradition of storytelling and mythology. What happens when this heritage is combined with the tropes of golden age detectiv…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Tichborne Claimant
The golden age of detective fiction was obsessed with identity. The reason why? An extremely melodramatic Victorian legal case involving shipwreck, S…
4 years, 9 months ago
A Mysterious Glossary
Do you know your ack emma from your pip emma? Would you wear the cat's pyjamas? Are you, in fact, a goop? Helen Zaltzman joins me to delve into some …
4 years, 9 months ago
Murder Isn't Easy
How much did Agatha Christie really know about dead bodies?
Thanks to my guest for this episode, Carla Valentine. She is a trained mortuary technician…
4 years, 10 months ago
Dorothy L Sayers Solves Her Mystery
Why did she stop writing detective fiction as WW2 approached?
This is the sixth and final episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking…
4 years, 11 months ago