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LTP Special: Sir Francis Walsingham
Episode 105
In this special episode (a listener-favourite from our BBN days), Josh newly presents his research on Sir Francis Walsingham. Dubbed "Spymaster to th…
1 year, 4 months ago
LTP Selects: The Priory School (1904)
Episode 104
When Dr Huxtable (no, not that one) makes a desperate appeal to Sherlock for help in locating a missing pupil of his school, the great detective poli…
1 year, 4 months ago
LTP Noir: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Episode 103
"I'd hate to take a bite of you... you're a cookie full of arsenic."
Alexander McKendrick's compelling noir is full of lines like this, courtesy of sc…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Benson Murder Case (1926)
Episode 102
According to Ogden Nash, "Philo Vance needs a kick in the pants", and Dashiel Hammett described the character's posturing as being, "like a teenager …
1 year, 5 months ago
LTP 007: Role of Honour (1984)
Episode 101
Another year, another 007 continuation novel for John Gardner! In 1984 it was "Role of Honour", his fourth effort, which pits a rich but disenchanted…
1 year, 5 months ago
Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955)
Episode 100
Our first foray into the work of Georges Simenon sees us tackle one of the Belgian writer's most celebrated books. When a barge travelling through th…
1 year, 6 months ago
LTP Special: The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Episode 99
Fresh on the heels of last week's novel review, we're proud to present our conversation about Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of Trevanian's "The Ei…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Eiger Sanction (1972)
Episode 98
1972's "The Eiger Sanction" was affectionately referred to as a light spoof of the spy genre by its author, Trevanian. In some ways that claim is ban…
1 year, 6 months ago
LTP Noir: This Gun For Hire (1942)
Episode 97
LTP Noir is back and this time it's Paramount's 1942 spy thriller, "This Gun For Hire", that's brought in for questioning! From the struggles of adap…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
Episode 96
Made rich through universal themes of duality, friendship and unchecked ambition, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novella was a crime thriller sensa…
1 year, 7 months ago