Podcast Episodes

Charles Altamont Doyle (1832-1893)

Season 3 Episode 51

Artistry and imagination ran in the bloodline of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's family. His father, Charles, was driven by powerful appetites and ambitions that aptly reflected the Victorian spirit and wou…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

LTP Selects: The Devil's Foot (1910)

Season 3 Episode 50

We conclude this summer's Sherlock Selects series with "The Devil's Foot", originally published in 1910 and presented later in Conan Doyle's "His Last Bow" collection. Highlighted by a dastardly vill…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Still Life (2005)

Season 3 Episode 49

Louise Penny's debut novel transports readers to the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, and the fictitious village of Three Pines. The mysterious death of a retired teacher, Jane Neal, sends this s…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

LTP Selects: The Illustrious Client (1925)

Season 3 Episode 48

Josh's selection for this year's "Sherlock Selects" returns us to The Illustrious Client. Marked by the predatory exploits of a dastardly Baron, this later Conan Doyle story (1925) spins its archetyp…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

LTP Noir: Force of Evil (1948)

Season 3 Episode 47

In this installment, Josh presents a clean line through the scandalous phlegm of HUAC and the red scare in Hollywood which served as backdrop for many great film noir productions, including 1948's "F…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

LTP 007: Colonel Sun (1968)

Season 3 Episode 46

In this episode, our first in a new branch exploring the continuation novels of James Bond, we look down the literary gunbarrel at "Colonel Sun", written by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis). Published …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Rebecca (1938)

Season 3 Episode 45

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

Thus starts the troubled narrative of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 classic novel. Part mystery story, part Gothic romance, Rebecca manipulates features of …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Agent of Chaos (2017)

Season 3 Episode 44

Kami Garcia's "Agent of Chaos" is one of two X-Files origin novels published in 2017. The story is set in 1979 and follows a 17 year-old Fox Mulder. A soon-to-be High School graduate, Mulder is strug…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Doctor Glas (1905)

Season 3 Episode 43

Hjalmar Söderberg's compelling novel caused quite a stir in Europe when it was published in 1905. His protagonist - a restless, brooding doctor in Stockholm at the turn of the century - grows obsessi…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The Black Lizard (1934)

Season 3 Episode 42

In this episode we travel to the Land of the Rising Sun where master detective Akechi Kogoro plays a game of cat and mouse with the titular Black Lizard, a femme fatale unlike we’ve encountered so fa…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago