Where is St Mary Mead, anyway?
My guide to Agatha Christie's England is now available to pre-order from the publisher at shedunnitshow.com/map (ships 19th July 2021). It's also available to order from Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's and other booksellers. An audio version is available for purchase at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap (if you are entitled to a free copy from your pre-order, you will have received an email from the publisher about this).
There are no major spoilers either in this episode or the guide.
Books mentioned:
— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
— N or M? by Agatha Christie
— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
— Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
— They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Third Girl by Agatha Christie
— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
— By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
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