Spoiler Warning (No Spoilers)

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Is it still worth reading a whodunnit if you know… who done it? Thanks to my guests Jim Noy of The Invisible Event and Kate Jackson of Cross Examining Crime. Jim is on Twitter @invisible_event and Kate is @ArmchairSleuth. NB: Despite the title, there are no major spoilers in this episode. However, there is some structural discussion of the books listed below. Books and sources: —Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts —The Julius Caesar Murder Case by Wallace Irwin —Post Mortem by Guy Cullingford —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers 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, 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/spoilerwarningtranscript. 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	Twas a night in November at your pal's Christmas party when an elf arrives.
0:08.0	Oh, with a toffee night latte!
0:10.0	Hey everyone, who wants a Starbucks?
0:14.0	Ooy! Same one for me!
0:16.0	Get the group together for Starbucks festive favorites. It's IRL season.
0:22.0	At a Starbucks, here you.
0:25.0	A. A.
0:28.0	Subject of availability while stocks last.
0:29.0	It can come at any time, the revelation that ruins everything.
0:37.0	Maybe you're scrolling through social media.
0:40.0	Perhaps you're idly chatting with a friend who has a similar taste in books.
0:44.8	You might even be reading a different novel or story when you chance across a reference to
0:49.0	the plot of another work that gives too much detail, No matter how careful you are, you can still end up knowing too much.
0:57.0	For lovers of the classic who done it, this problem can be particularly acute.
1:02.0	It's all there in the title, aren't you? This problem can be particularly acute.
1:03.0	It's all there in the title, after all.
1:06.0	We read these books for the most part,
1:08.0	to find out who done it.
1:11.0	And if that key information has already been shared with you, well there's a case
1:15.9	for saying the whole purpose of that book has just been undermined. But is it that simple? Is there
1:22.3	really no reason to read a murder mystery beyond learning who did the murder?
1:27.0	To find out, today we're going to talk about spoilers.
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