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Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What's in the true detective fiction fan's library? Be aware: there are no major (ending!) spoilers in this episode but there are plot descriptions given of the books listed below. Books recommended: — Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell — The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley — Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley — The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley — The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle — A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie — Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie — And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie — Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie — Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie — Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie — The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie — The Hollow by Agatha Christie — Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie — The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie — The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo — The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo — Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham — Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham — Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers Episodes mentioned: — The Great Gladys — The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley — Young Sleuths — Dining with Death — Queering The Golden Age — The Christie Completists — The Honkaku Mysteries — Lifelong Fan — The Evolution of Margery Allingham — The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers 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. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, 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/shedunnitrecommendstranscript. 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	Welcome to She Done It, I'm Caroline Crampton.
0:11.2	Over the years that I've been making this podcast, I get asked one question more than
0:15.7	any other.
0:16.7	It's this, what should I read next?
0:21.6	Now I love answering it, especially because getting to introduce people who love Golden
0:26.5	Age Murder Mysteries to new authors from that time they've never tried before is one
0:31.2	of my favourite things ever.
0:34.1	But I'm limited in what I can recommend by what I've had time to read.
0:39.4	And recently it occurred to me that I have all these experts on the show all the time and
0:44.2	they often make recommendations in the course of our conversations.
0:48.6	But since the show has been running for over 100 episodes now, they're not always the
0:53.1	easiest to find.
0:55.4	Sharing someone really knowledgeable talk about what they think you should read and why
0:59.7	it means so much to them is really one of the best possible ways to discover new books.
1:05.8	Wouldn't it be great if all of those expert suggestions were all in one handy place
1:10.7	for you to listen to so you could stock up on great mysteries for the next few months?
1:16.0	Well, here you go.
1:25.9	We're going to start with the work of an author who is controversial among some fans
1:33.4	of Golden Age detective fiction.
1:36.4	Gladys Mitchell is a bit like Marmite, I think.
1:39.4	You either love her or you hate her.
1:42.6	But for Lee Randall, my guest from the Great Gladys episode back in 2020, it's definitely
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