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LTP Special: Operation Mincemeat
Episode 145
In July of 1943, as Allied forces planned desperately for Mediterranean access into Europe, Britain's Naval Intelligence were spearheading an intrepi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
LTP Noir: The Big Heat (1953)
Episode 144
Faster than your Keurig, LTP is back and brewing up another rich blend of Film Noir analysis with the big reveal on Fritz Lang's 1953 classic, "The B…
3 months ago
The Labyrinth Makers (1970)
Episode 143
In Anthony Price's debut novel, a WW2-era C-47 Dakota resurfaces twenty-five years after being officially "lost at sea". Its captain was transporting…
3 months, 1 week ago
LTP Selects: The Naval Treaty (1893)
Episode 142
Collected in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", this narrative is unique in the canon for a few reasons: first, it is the longest short story written …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
LTP Selects: Charles Augustus Milverton (1904)
Episode 141
"The worst man in London... the king of all blackmailers."
These are the blunt, declarative answers Holmes provides to his Watson when asked about thi…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Scorched Grace (2023)
Episode 140
As if the clammy heat of New Orleans wasn't enough for a nun in full habit, an arson spree is threatening the community of St Sebastian's School in M…
4 months ago
The Leavenworth Case (1878)
Episode 139
The year is 1878. Detectives in fiction had cut shapes before (Poe, Collins and Gaboriau had all experimented) but few woman, if any, had ever been c…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Where the Body Was (2023)
Episode 138
In this episode, we head back to the world of graphic novels and explore the suburban mystery of "Where the Body Was" by celebrated comics duo, Ed Br…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
LTP 007: Death is Forever (1992)
Episode 137
The iron curtain has fallen. Intelligence is dispersing in its heavy draught. Europe is transitioning towards a single market. Conditions are ripe fo…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Assignment Sorrento Siren (1963)
Episode 136
The long-running "Assignment" spy fiction series by Edward S Aarons showcases CIA operative Sam Durell in a range of pulpy, Cold War adventures. "Sor…
6 months ago