Shedunnit Recommends

What's in the true detective fiction fan's library?

Be aware: there are no major (ending!) spoilers in this episode but there are plot descriptions given of the books listed below.

Books recommended:

— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

— Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley

— The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

— Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Hollow by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

— The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

— The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo

— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

— Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

— Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers

Episodes mentioned:

— The Great Gladys

— The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley

— Young Sleuths

— Dining with Death

— Queering The Golden Age

— The Christie Completists

— The Honkaku Mysteries

— Lifelong Fan

— The Evolution of Margery Allingham

— The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers

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