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The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley
He was one of the most influential crime novelists of the 1920s and 1930s, but has languished somewhat in obscurity since. A troubled, dark, incredib…
6 years ago
The Telephone Call
Why has the murder of Julia Wallace on the night of 20 January 1931 haunted detective novelists for decades? Well, it all comes back to the telephone…
6 years, 1 month ago
Locked Room
A body is found in a sealed chamber, definitely murdered, but there is no way the culprit can have got in or out. How was it done?
Special thanks to m…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Lifelong Fan
Renée read her first detective novel in the 1930s. She hasn’t stopped since.
Special thanks to my guest Renée. Her first crime novel is The Wild Card.…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Detection Club
It started with dinner and ended with a group of crime writers swearing an oath on a skull.
Special thanks to my guest Martin Edwards. His latest nove…
6 years, 2 months ago
A Room of One's Own
If a woman needs a room of her own and £500 a year to write fiction, what does she need in order to write crime fiction?
Special thanks to my guest Fr…
6 years, 2 months ago
Murder On Holiday
This summer, you can still travel to the murderous destinations visited by your favourite detectives.
Find links to all the books and sources mentione…
6 years, 3 months ago
E.C.R. Lorac
She wrote over 70 detective novels and won the praise of that most stern of critics, Dorothy L. Sayers. Yet golden age author E.C.R. Lorac is now a m…
6 years, 3 months ago
Mary Westmacott
Sometimes, Agatha Christie didn’t want to be Agatha Christie.
Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/marywestmacott.
Be…
6 years, 4 months ago
Dorothy’s Secret
There was one thing that Dorothy L. Sayers never told anyone.
Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/dorothyssecret.
Re…
6 years, 4 months ago