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Beware the pipe organ. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join. There are no major spoilers in this episode but some minor plot details for the titles listed below are discussed. Mentioned in this episode: — The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac — Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Nebuly Coat by J. Meade Falkner — The Hymn Tune Mystery by George A. Birmingham — Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin — Swan Song by Edmund Crispin — The Pit-Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts — Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie — Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh Mentioned Shedunnit episodes: — The Detective's Best Friend — Death By Chocolate — Death Under Par — Cricket and Crime — Death at the Club 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/instrumentofdeathtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dolores Gordon-Smith joins Caroline to read this short story collection by H.C. Bailey. No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 21:34. After that, expect full spoilers. Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit her website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass. A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. 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: — Mr Fortune, Please by HC Bailey — The Sea Captain by HC Bailey — Jack Haldean Mysteries by Dolores Gordon-Smith — Serpent's Eye by Dolores Gordon-Smith — How to Write a Classic Murder Mystery by Dolores Gordon-Smith — Everyman's Great Tales of Detection, edited by Dorothy L Sayers — Anthony Gethryn series by Philip MacDonald — Capital Crimes, edited by Martin Edwards — The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett — The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley 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) 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/mrfortunepleasetranscript Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A portrait of a writer via her addresses. My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit my website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass. 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 Mousetrap by Agatha Christie — The Hollow by Agatha Christie — Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie — After the Funeral by Agatha Christie — The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie — Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie — The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie — The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie — Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie — Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie Sources consulted: — Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran — Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan — Agatha Christie: An English Mystery by Laura Thompson — Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley Shedunnit episodes referenced: — At Home with Agatha Christie — Agatha The Adventuress — Agatha's Archaeologists 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. There are no spoilers in this episode. 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/agathachristiesmanyhousestranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Snobbery and murder, all served up perfectly for you on a silver tray. NB: There are spoilers in this episode! Please check the list of books mentioned below and come back later if there are any titles there for which you don’t want to hear any major plot details. Consider yourself warned! Books and sources: —The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rineheart —The Door by Mary Roberts Rineheart — 20 Rules for Writing Detective Stories by S.S. Van Dine —“The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual” by Arthur Conan Doyle —“The Strange Case of Mr Challoner” by Herbert Jenkins —Something Fishy or The Butler Did It by P.G. Wodehouse —“Why do we think the butler did it?” by Nate Pederson in the Guardian —“Should we be concerned by the limitless popularity of period dramas?” by Caroline Crampton in the New Humanist —“Historians, Social Scientists, Servants, and Domestic Workers: Fifty Years of Research on Domestic and Care Work”, International Review of Social History, Volume 59, Issue 2, August 2014 , pp. 279-314 —Snobbery with Violence by Colin Watson —Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh —The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie —Black Coffee by Agatha Christie —The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie —Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer —Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thebutlerdidittranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Download the mp3 of this episode here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He was one of the most influential crime novelists of the 1920s and 1930s, but has languished somewhat in obscurity since. A troubled, dark, incredibly innovative writer: to really get to know Anthony Berkeley, you need to dive deeply into his fiction. Thanks to my guest Martin Edwards. His latest novel is Mortmain Hall and he’s on Twitter as @medwardsbooks. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Elusion Aforethought: The Life and Writing of Anthony Berkeley Cox by Malcolm Turnbull —As For The Woman by Francis Iles —The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley —The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers —The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley —The Florence Maybrick episodes of this podcast —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —The Edith Thompson episode of this podcast —Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery by Anthony Berkeley —Messalina of the Suburbs  by E.M. Delafield —The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield —The Silk Stocking Murders by Anthony Berkeley —The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley —Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley —The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley —The Detection Club episode of this podcast, featuring Martin Edwards —Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles —Before the Fact by Francis IlesThanks to today’s sponsor, Best Fiends. You can download Best Fiends free on the Apple App Store or Google Play. 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/anthonyberkeleytranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Download the mp3 of this episode here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why has the murder of Julia Wallace on the night of 20 January 1931 haunted detective novelists for decades? Well, it all comes back to the telephone call. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Nurse Daniels episode of this podcast —The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace —The Edith Thompson episode of this podcast — The Scoop by Members of the Detection Club —The Anatomy of Murder by Members of the Detection Club —“The Compassionate Machine” by Margery Allingham, collected in Truly Criminal: A Crime Writers' Association Anthology of True Crime edited by Martin Edwards —Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers —Skin for Skin by Winnifred Duke —Vegetable Duck by John Rhode —The Telephone Call by John Rhode —“Absolutely Elsewhere” by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in In the Teeth of the Evidence —Personal Call by Agatha Christie —P.D. James on the Wallace case in 2013 —The Skull Beneath The Skin by P.D. James —The Murder Room by P.D. James —The Trial of William Herbert Wallace by W.F. Wyndham Brown —Wallace: The Final Verdict by Roger Wilkes —The Killing of Julia Wallace by Jonathan GoodmanThanks to my sponsor for this episode, BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/shedunnit for 10% off your first month of professional online counselling. 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thetelephonecalltranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A body is found in a sealed chamber, definitely murdered, but there is no way the culprit can have got in or out. How was it done? Special thanks to my guest Jim Noy. He writes about detective fiction at theinvisibleevent.com, makes a podcast called In GAD We Trust, and once compiled a useful list of his 15 favourite impossible crime novels. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe (actually published in 1841, not 1843 as I wrongly say in the episode) —A Master of Mysteries by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace —The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace —"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle —The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill —The Great Thinking Machine: "The Problem of Cell 13" and Other Stories by Jacques Futrelle —The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace —"The Invisible Man" by G.K. Chesterton —"The Round Room Horror" by A. Demain Grange, available in Ye Olde Book of Locked Room Conundrums edited by Jim Noy —Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr —The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson —The Problem of the Green Capsule by John Dickson Carr —The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr —Green for Danger by Christianna Brand —Tour de Force by Christianna Brand —Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand —The French Powder Mystery by Ellery Queen —The Crooked Wreath / Suddenly at His Residence by Christianna Brand —Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie —Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie —The House That Kills by Noel Vindry —La Treizieme balle by Marcel Lanteaume —Six crimes sans assassin by Pierre Boileau —The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux —The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo —Invisible Green by John Sladek —Black Aura by John Sladek —The Case of the Little Green Men by Mack Reynolds —Puzzles Of The Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov —Asimov’s Mysteries by Isaac Asimov —The Real Town Murders by Adam Roberts —Goodnight Irene by James Scott Byrnside —The Opening Night Murders by James Scott Byrnside 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/lockedroomtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Download the mp3 of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Renée read her first detective novel in the 1930s. She hasn’t stopped since. Special thanks to my guest Renée. Her first crime novel is The Wild Card. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —These Two Hands by Renée —Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers —Wednesday to come by Renée —Setting the table by Renée —An interview with Renée from 2017 on RNZ 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/lifelongfantranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It started with dinner and ended with a group of crime writers swearing an oath on a skull. Special thanks to my guest Martin Edwards. His latest novel is Mortmain Hall and he’s on Twitter as @medwardsbooks. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards —The Complete Father Brown Mysteries by G.K. Chesterton —Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club by Stephen Wade —The Scoop and Behind the Screen by Members of the Detection Club —The Floating Admiral by Members of the Detection Club —Ask a Policeman by Members of the Detection Club —Martin Edwards's website —Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards —Gallows Court by Martin Edwards —The Sinking Admiral by Members of the Detection Club —The Anatomy of Murder by Members of the Detection Club —Howdunit by Members of the Detection Club 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/detectionclubtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If a woman needs a room of her own and £500 a year to write fiction, what does she need in order to write crime fiction? Special thanks to my guest Francesca Wade. Her book is Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars. She’s on Twitter @francescawade. Become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club and get bonus audio, listen to ad free episodes and join a book-loving community at shedunnitshow.com/bookclub. Books and sources: —Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade —A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf —Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers —Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf —Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton —Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds —Gaudy Night  by Dorothy L. Sayers —Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? by Katrine Marcal —Are Women Human?: Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers —In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens by Alice Walker —Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phyllis Wheatley 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, 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. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/aroomtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices