The Four Just Men (Green Penguin Book Club 9)

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Locked room mystery specialist Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s sensational 1905 thriller. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 20:56. After that, expect full spoilers. A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Man in the Dark by John Ferguson. Join the Shedunnit Book Club for two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join. Click here to take part in the Shedunnit Audience Survey. Books mentioned in this episode:— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace— Raffles by E.W. Hornung— Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead— The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead— The House at Devil's Neck by Tom Mead— The Mind of Mr. J. G Reeder by Edgar Wallace— The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux— The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace— Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)— Mr Fortune, Please (Green Penguin Book Club 4)— The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Green Penguin Book Club 5)— The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)— The Missing Moneylender (Green Penguin Book Club 7)— Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8) 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/thefourjustmentranscript 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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0:35.6	Welcome to She Done It.
0:37.3	I'm Caroline Crampton.
0:39.4	And welcome back to Green Penguin Book Club, a series within She Done It that documents my journey of reading and discussing every crime or green title from the main penguin series, In Order.
0:53.5	Our book today is The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace, Penguin 64.
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