Podcast Episodes

Queer Clues (Replay)

First aired in November 2018, this classic Shedunnit episode is all about the coded gay characters and references in books from the golden age of det…

5 years, 8 months ago

The First Whodunnit

What was the first murder mystery, really?

No major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of t…

5 years, 8 months ago

The People's Pathologist

Before there was CSI, there was Bernard Spilsbury.

No major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discuss…

5 years, 9 months ago

Poison Pen

Nothing could bad could possibly happen here, the inhabitants of the peaceful English village say to each other. Until the first poison pen letter ar…

5 years, 9 months ago

A Christie for Christmas

The original golden age of detective fiction in the 1920s followed on from a devastating global pandemic. Is it any wonder, then, that we’ve read so …

5 years, 10 months ago

The Christie Completists

I’ve read a lot of Agatha Christie, but I’ve never read all of her books in order. What insights are there to be had by doing so? Christie completist…

5 years, 10 months ago

Spoiler Warning (No Spoilers)

Is it still worth reading a whodunnit if you know… who done it?

Thanks to my guests Jim Noy of The Invisible Event and Kate Jackson of Cross Examining…

5 years, 11 months ago

Death Sets Sail On The Nile

To get to the bottom of why the Nile is a murder mystery location that has bewitched readers for decades, I decided to talk to an author who has just…

5 years, 11 months ago

Peace At Last

The day the First World War ended, 11 November 1918, marked the beginning of a new era in which detective fiction would flourish. How did Britain go …

5 years, 11 months ago

The Butler Did It

Snobbery and murder, all served up perfectly for you on a silver tray.

NB: There are spoilers in this episode! Please check the list of books mentione…

6 years ago