An Inspector Calls

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Because sometimes, only a professional will do. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join. Books mentioned in this episode:— The Murder on the Burrows by E.C.R. Lorac— Dishonour Among Thieves by E.C.R. Lorac— Crime Counter Crime by E.C.R. Lorac— Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac— Fire in the Thatch by E.C.R. Lorac— Death Came Softly by E.C.R. Lorac— Murder in Vienna by E.C.R. Lorac— Murder on a Monument by E.C.R. Lorac— Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac— The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac— Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac— Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac— Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand— Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand— Green for Danger by Christianna Brand— Tour de Force by Christianna Brand— Fog of Doubt by Christianna Brand— The Bath Mysteries by E.R. Punshon— Trent’s Last Case by E.C. Bentley— Information Received by E.R. Punshon— Black Plumes by Margery Allingham— The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy— Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts— The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts— Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts Shedunnit episodes mentioned:— ECR Lorac Rises Through the Ranks— Instrument of Death— Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes— Brides in the Bath NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time,
0:18.0	or time to visit your nan time. Go on. other time put your phone down tombola open for fun
0:26.4	terms apply 18 plus gambleaware dot org
0:29.3	the stock detective of golden age detective fiction is definitely an amateur.
0:39.7	It's someone at the country house party who has the role of sleuth thrust upon them by circumstance.
0:45.8	Or a person with known criminological interests who has built up a reputation for repeatedly solving crime simply through word of mouth.
0:53.9	Or someone in a profession
0:55.6	with some thematic contact with crime, such as the church or the law. So many of the genre's
1:02.1	most enduring sleuths are in this mould, Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple, Albert Campion, Father
1:07.7	Brown, Sherlock Holmes, Roger Sherringham, Dr Thorndyke, and more.
1:12.5	This is not the only type of detective to appear in interwar detective fiction, though, far from it.
1:19.2	There exists a whole squad of other sleuths who take the lead in their own murder mysteries,
1:24.3	the professional police detective. And I think it's high time we focused in on their
1:29.4	exploits. There are lots of instances where these characters do much more than just support
1:35.2	and enable their amateur colleagues. Often self-effacing and less obviously eccentric,
1:42.0	these Scotland Yard inspectors are quite capable of taking a starring role
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