Podcast Episodes

Ashenden (1928)

Season 3 Episode 61

Throughout the first World War, acclaimed novelist W. Somerset Maugham worked for British Intelligence in Switzerland. Under cover as a writer, Maugham used his knowledge of travel, languages and cul…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

LTP 007: Icebreaker (1983)

Season 3 Episode 60

Happy New Year! Our survey of John Gardner's continuation novels carries on with a chat over his third effort. If, like many, you buy into the belief that a Bond's third outing is his best ("Goldfing…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

2024 Review & Holiday Quiz

Season 3 Episode 59

Our final episode of 2024 looks back on an entertaining year of reading for the show. We also present our rankings for each text covered and share in the challenge of our first holiday Sherlock quiz!…

Published on 1 year ago

Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938)

Season 3 Episode 58

It's Christmas at Gorston Hall and the Lee family is preparing to welcome family home for the holidays at the behest of grizzled, mischievous patriarch, Simeon. But when the guests arrive, bringing …

Published on 1 year ago

Enter the Saint (1930)

Season 3 Episode 57

Despite first appearing on the scene in 1928's "Meet the Tiger", author Leslie Charteris promoted this volume from 1930 as the proper introduction of Simon Templar, aka "The Saint". Across three nov…

Published on 1 year ago

Phantom Lady (1942)

Season 3 Episode 56

Scott Henderson is facing execution for a murder he didn't commit and the countdown clock is ticking. His only chance of reversing fortune rests in a close friend's ability to scour New York's grimy …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

LTP 007: For Special Services (1982)

Season 3 Episode 55

In his second continuation novel, John Gardner returns Bond to the USA and reunites readers with some canonical staples. Motivated by a recent spate of airline hijackings with potential SPECTRE links…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

SoHo Sins (2016)

Season 3 Episode 54

Richard Vine's debut novel transports readers to the sharp, seedy world of Manhattan art shows, broken hearts and criminal enterprise. What starts as helping out a murder investigation soon becomes m…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

The Mask of Dimitrios (1939)

Season 3 Episode 53

Who killed Dimitrios Makrupoulos?

That’s what obsessive mystery writer Charles Latimer is eager to find out in Eric Ambler’s classic thriller from 1939. As he racks up European passport stamps in pur…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

LTP 007: Licence Renewed (1981)

Season 3 Episode 52

Our look at the post-Fleming world of 007 continues with "Licence Renewed", John Gardner's inaugural outing and the first James Bond novel of the 1980s. An ousted nuclear scientist with a Braveheart …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago