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Books and stories mentioned in this episode:

— "The Perfect Plan" by James Hamilton

— Lost Horizon by James Hamilton

— Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hamilton

— Murder at School by James Hilton

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The fascinating history of divorce in detective fiction.

My guest was Dr Jen Aston, Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University. In addition to her other academic work, she's currently leading a project looking at approaches to the history of divorce. Learn more about that at northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— "Murder!" by Arnold Bennett, collected in Resorting to Murder— Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley— “The Case of the Discontented Husband” by Agatha Christie, collected in Parker Pyne Investigates— Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles— Holy Deadlock by A.P. Herbert— Love All by Dorothy L Sayers— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers— "The Incredible Elopement" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Hangman's Holiday

Related Shedunnit episodes:— The Lady Detective

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The best murder mysteries transport us to another era.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher— Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Croft— The Walls of Jericho by Rudolph Fisher

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Victoria Stewart joins Caroline to discuss Dorothy L. Sayers’ epistolary poisoning mystery.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 14:59. After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com. The next book discussed in this series will be The Sandfield Scandal by Richard Keverne.

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Books mentioned in this episode:— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace— Crime Writing in Interwar Britain by Victoria Stewart— Literature and Justice in Mid-Twentieth Century Literature by Victoria Stewart— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers— A Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse

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Was this Agatha Christie's greatest piece of misdirection?

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Books mentioned in order:

— Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie— Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie— Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie— Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie— Curtain by Agatha Christie— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie— Third Girl by Agatha Christie— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie— Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott— Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

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