Podcast Episodes

Twice Shy (1981)

Season 3 Episode 80

What would happen if a bunch of thugs were chasing down an old-man's horse-betting system? And what if only a sharpshooting physics teacher and his jockey-dreaming younger brother stood in the way of…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Billy Summers (2021)

Season 3 Episode 79

Billy Summers, ex-marine, is an assassin with a moral compass and a mind scarred by trauma. In Stephen King's 2021 thriller, he takes on some "very bad men" in what he intends to be his final job. Ki…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

LTP 007: No Deals, Mr Bond (1987)

Season 3 Episode 78

In John Gardner's sixth continuation novel, M has "cream cake" on his face and Bond is brought in to clean up the mess. Ghosts from a former operation have returned to haunt the MI6 chief as his agen…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

LTP Selects: The Priory School (1904)

Season 3 Episode 77

When Dr Huxtable (no, not that one) makes a desperate appeal to Sherlock for help in locating a missing pupil of his stuffy boarding school, Holmes politely declines. When he learns of the £6000 rewa…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

LTP Selects: The Resident Patient (1893)

Season 3 Episode 76

A young doctor and nervous sponsor... a criminal history and horrific murder... it must be time for "The Resident Patient"! Following the case of Dr Percy Trevelyan, Josh's choice kick-starts our ann…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Yellow Dog (1931) w/ The Book Graveyard

Season 3 Episode 75

Can't get enough Maigret? Same here! So, when our buddy Nick from The Book Graveyard invited us over to his YouTube channel for a chat about 1931's The Yellow Dog we jumped at the chance.

This time, …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

LTP Noir: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Season 3 Episode 74

We are ready for our close-up, Mr DeMille!

Just in time for its 75th Anniversary, LTP Noir delivers a supersized episode on the ultimate dark Hollywood satire that is "Sunset Boulevard". This knowing…

Published on 5 months ago

The Saint Goes On (1934)

Season 3 Episode 73

"The Saint Goes On" is the fourteenth book of adventures by Leslie Charteris to feature Simon Templar and his unique skillset of wit, charm and reckless abandon. In the first, "The High Fence", Templ…

Published on 5 months ago

LTP 007: Nobody Lives Forever (1986)

Season 3 Episode 72

Our inspection of John Gardner's continuation novels rolls on with his fifth 007 adventure. Here, James Bond is forced to jettison his annual leave in Europe when he's made aware of a SPECTRE contrac…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Castle in the Air (1980)

Season 3 Episode 71

Part satire, part crime adventure and part screwball comedy, Donald E Westlake's heist caper follows an eclectic team of European baddies vowing to aid (then betray) a beautiful freedom fighter in a …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago