Podcast Episodes

Victorian Pioneers

Decades before Miss Marple, there were Victorian lady sleuths taking on the world with their bloomers and their bicycles.

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6 years, 9 months ago

Let It Snow

Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist. It can create a sinister atmosphere, keep suspects and murderer stormbound, and preserve the f…

6 years, 10 months ago

Competent Women

Anne Bedingfield, Emily Trefusis, Lucy Eyelesbarrow: why is it that Agatha Christie’s adventurous, highly competent young women never get to become r…

6 years, 11 months ago

Notable Trials

How did a legal history series become so well known that even Lord Peter Wimsey owned a set?

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6 years, 11 months ago

The Mutual Admiration Society

One chilly night in November 1912, a group of young women gathered together to share their writing with each other. From that meeting, we got Peter W…

7 years ago

Enter The Watson

The detective’s sidekick is a fundamental building block of the classic whodunnit. But they don’t often get full credit for the vital role they play …

7 years ago

Off The Rails

There’s something so linear and definite about a train journey — it can only take you from A to B, with no possible deviations. Except when murder in…

7 years ago

Knock Knock

Wouldn’t sleuthing be so much easier if the dead could speak to the living?

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Beco…

7 years, 1 month ago

Brides In The Bath

Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. But three times? Three women dead in identical circumstances is highly suspicious.

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7 years, 1 month ago

Golden Age Detective Fiction (Words To That Effect)

Today, we have the final episode in my summer break guest series: 'Golden Age Detective Fiction' from Words To That Effect by Conor Reid. It first ap…

7 years, 2 months ago