The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Green Penguin Book Club 6)

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Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Kathryn Harkup is Caroline’s guest for a reconsideration of Agatha Christie’s very first detective novel. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 22:30. 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 Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes. Join the Shedunnit Book Club for two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join. Mentioned in this episode: — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux — Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran — A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup — The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie — The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie — The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Christie — The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley — The Missing Moneylender by W Stanley Sykes Kathryn Harkup's past appearances on Shedunnit: — The Dispenser — The Pale Horse 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) 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/themysteriousaffairatstylestranscript 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	Cross, the new series only on Prime Video.
0:04.0	You're gonna be part of a masterpiece.
0:06.0	Evil knows his name.
0:08.0	Detective Alex Cross.
0:11.0	Where he lives.
0:13.0	It was in my house.
0:15.0	His darkest secret.
0:16.0	And when I'm done, the world will know the truth.
0:20.0	Based on characters created by James Patterson.
0:23.3	I'm not a monster.
0:24.4	I don't kill for fun.
0:25.8	Cross.
0:26.7	New series.
0:27.8	Watch now only on Prime Video.
0:35.1	Welcome to She Done It.
0:36.8	I'm Caroline Grampton. And welcome back to Green Penguin Book Club,
0:41.6	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.
0:53.8	Our book today is a big one, The Mysterious Affair at Stiles by Agatha Christie, Penguin
0:59.1	Number 61.
1:01.4	But before we get into that, I'd like to update you on the Shedanit Pledge Drive.
1:06.1	If you've listened recently, you will know that every year at this time, I run this little
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