The Other Detectives

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Some sleuths need no introduction. But other characters, also created by famous authors like Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, lurk in obscurity. In this episode, we're on the hunt for the other detectives. Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/theotherdetectives. 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. You can donate to the show at shedunnitshow.com/donate and buy books for Caroline to use in the research for future episodes at shedunnitshow.com/wishlist. Books and articles mentioned in order of appearance: —The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie —Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie —The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy —N or M? by Agatha Christie —By The Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie —Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie —In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers (first collection with Montague Egg stories) —Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (second collection with Montague Egg stories) —Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers —"The Divine Detective in the Guilty Vicarage" by Dr Robert Zaslavsky Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/theotherdetectivestranscript Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. 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 independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some sloths need no introduction.
0:07.0	They are constantly reincarnated on television, on stage, in films, in new novels.
0:15.0	Fans pour over the books and stories in which they appear,
0:19.0	passionately discussing and dissecting new interpretations.
0:22.0	Characters like Hercule Poirot, Peter whimsy, Roger Shearingham,
0:27.0	Jane Marple, Father Brown and others may have been created 80-odd years ago,
0:32.0	but they feel just as alive and present,
0:35.2	as if their authors had only just set down their pens.
0:38.4	But the authors of this period frequently had multiple detective characters, who they returned to in different novels and stories.
0:50.0	These others didn't necessarily attract the fame or following of their primary sloots at the time,
0:55.6	and so have since tended to fade into the background, compared to their more ubiquitous colleagues.
1:08.0	It's about time they had some share of the limelight though.
1:12.0	Today, we're on the line. Today, we're on the hunt for the other detectives.
1:17.0	Welcome to She Dunit.
1:22.0	I'm Caroline Crampton. This is the first episode in what I expect will be an occasionally recurring sequence where I delve into the backstories of some less well-known sloths from the golden age of detective fiction.
1:37.0	I bow to no one in my admiration of Miss Marple.
1:40.0	But just for now, we're going to spend some time with those creations that don't receive
1:45.2	multiple TV adaptations and perhaps languish in undeserved obscurity.
1:50.3	The obvious place to start as we look for overlooked detective characters is with the work of Agatha Christie.
2:01.0	She's not called the Queen of Crime for Nothing. She published 66 detective
2:06.7	novels and 14 short story collections as well as her other fiction and plays during the
2:12.1	course of her seven-decade writing career.
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