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Edmund Crispin's Inside Jokes
The creator of amateur sleuth Gervase Fen loved to make fun of detective fiction.
The Box of Delights
Caroline and Guy discuss this beloved children's book by John Masefield.
Father Christmas
The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.
Notes & Queries
There鈥檚 always more to say about detective fiction.
Whodunnit Centenary: 1925
Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
On Gaudy Night
Caroline goes deep on Dorothy L. Sayers鈥� 1935 masterpiece.
The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes (Green Penguin Book Club 7)
Moira Redmond joins Caroline to consider a surprising medical mystery from 1931.
Agatha Christie鈥檚 Taste in Crime Fiction
She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read?
The Lady Vanishes
On 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie vanished.
The Mystery Short Story
A consideration of crime fiction鈥檚 more compact incarnation.
Florence Maybrick I
One of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history.
Oxford vs Cambridge
Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?
Florence Maybrick II
Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain's legal system to the limit.
