Whodunnit Centenary: 1925

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years. Books mentioned in this episode: — 1925: The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode — 1935: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers — 1945: Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham (also published as: Pearls Before Swine) — 1955: Tour de Force by Christianna Brand — 1965: At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie — 1975: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters — 1985: B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton — 1995: The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid — 2005: Still Life by Louise Penny — 2015: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins — 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie Related Shedunnit episodes: — Whodunnit Centenary: 1924 — The Shedunnit Centenary — A Century of Whodunnits — A Second Century of Whodunnits Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join. 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/whodunnitcentenary1925transcript. 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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0:34.1	Every January, I think about the Christmas Eve shift in the bookshop where I worked as a teenager.
0:40.0	The day itself would be incredibly hectic, with a constant flow of people crowding in to do last-minute shopping.
0:46.7	Then, after we had closed, the staff stayed for an extra two hours to transform the shop ready for its first post-Christmas opening. We would take down
0:55.9	all of the decorations and replace all of the books on display. Cookery books promising decadent meals,
1:02.6	beautiful, shiny editions of escapist novels, non-fiction books about science or adventure or travel,
1:08.9	these were all relegated to the back of the shop.
1:11.8	In their place, we stacked the tables high with books about diets, exercise, meditation and
1:17.8	quote, inspiring stories of transformation. The covers were white, the text assertive and dramatic.
1:25.8	Joy and sparkle was replaced by austerity and discipline. That's apparently
1:30.8	how we wanted to welcome the new year. Granted, this was in 2005. I would hope that we are all more
1:37.7	enlightened now, and know that this calendar-based aesthetic shift is as much of a construct as
1:43.3	anything else. Still, it's hard to
1:45.8	escape completely, even if you decline to participate in all of this January-ness, as I generally
1:51.3	do. I do, however, like to embark on new reading projects and challenges at this time of year.
1:58.3	Although, given my taste in books, these efforts tend to look back in time rather
2:02.5	than anticipating the future. To better understand what we read today then, let's go back to
2:08.7	1925. Welcome to She Done It. I'm Caroline Crampton.
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