Competent Women

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Anne Bedingfield, Emily Trefusis, Lucy Eyelesbarrow: why is it that Agatha Christie’s adventurous, highly competent young women never get to become recurring sleuths? Find links to all the books and sources mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/competentwomen. Become a member of the Shedunnit book club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Give the gift of membership at shedunnitbookclub.com/gift. Books and sources: —Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran —The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne —An Autobiography by Agatha Christie —The Secret Adversary (1922) by Agatha Christie —The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) by Agatha Christie —The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie —The Secret of Chimneys (1925) by Agatha Christie —The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) by Agatha Christie —The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie —Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie —They Came to Baghdad (1951) by Agatha Christie —4.50 From Paddington (1957) by Agatha Christie To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/competentwomentranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Stream your favorite crime all the time on Pluto TV.
0:04.0	The investigation is ongoing.
0:06.0	Uncover true crime documentaries.
0:08.0	Well, this is interesting.
0:09.0	Do some serious time with bingable dramas.
0:12.0	My name's Gil Grissom.
0:13.0	I'm with the Las Vegas Crime Law.
0:15.0	Everything from CSI.
0:16.0	We got you.
0:17.0	To police intercepts.
0:18.0	Police in the dog.
0:19.0	There are loads of channels
0:21.0	dedicated to the crime shows you love.
0:23.4	That's what I do.
0:25.2	The world be easy.
0:26.2	Stream all day with nothing to pay.
0:28.8	Pluto TV. Detective novelists have always been loyal to their sluice. Some, like Gladys Mitchell,
0:40.5	created a character and devotedly returned to them again and again.
0:45.0	Other authors like Dorothy Alsayers had a main detective character, in her case Lord
0:50.3	Peter Wimsie, but also worked with at least one other secondary sleuth, who appeared more infrequently, like my beloved Monte-Gue Egg.
1:00.0	In both scenarios, both writer and reader could enjoy the comfort of returning to a familiar detective in book after book.
1:07.0	The characters could develop across multiple stories, maturing through their lives and giving fans a reason to pick up the book beyond just the pleasure of a new puzzle.
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