Shedunnit

Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories

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The Crimes of Dorothy Erskine Muir
Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer.
30 Apr 2025,30 mins
The Secret Life of Ngaio Marsh
Who was Ngaio Marsh really?
23 Apr 2025,19 mins
Ranking Christianna Brand
Caroline dives deep into Brand’s work to find her favourite novel.
16 Apr 2025,20 mins
The Great Gladys
A reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft.
09 Apr 2025,19 mins
Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 8)
Darryl Jones joins Caroline to discuss the first collection of Raffles stories.
02 Apr 2025,38 mins
Florence Maybrick II
Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain's legal system to the limit.
26 Mar 2025,32 mins
Oxford vs Cambridge
Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?
19 Mar 2025,24 mins
Florence Maybrick I
One of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history.
12 Mar 2025,26 mins
The Mystery Short Story
A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.
05 Mar 2025,39 mins
The Lady Vanishes
On 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie vanished.
26 Feb 2025,22 mins
Agatha Christie’s Taste in Crime Fiction
She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read?
19 Feb 2025,23 mins
The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes (Green Penguin Book Club 7)
Moira Redmond joins Caroline to consider a surprising medical mystery from 1931.
05 Feb 2025,49 mins
On Gaudy Night
Caroline goes deep on Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1935 masterpiece.
22 Jan 2025,36 mins
Whodunnit Centenary: 1925
Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
08 Jan 2025,31 mins
Notes & Queries
There’s always more to say about detective fiction.
25 Dec 2024,23 mins
Father Christmas
The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.
11 Dec 2024,21 mins
The Box of Delights
Caroline and Guy discuss this beloved children's book by John Masefield.
04 Dec 2024,43 mins
Edmund Crispin's Inside Jokes
The creator of amateur sleuth Gervase Fen loved to make fun of detective fiction.
27 Nov 2024,28 mins
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Kathryn Harkup and Caroline reconsider Agatha Christe’s very first detective novel.
13 Nov 2024,50 mins
Vanishing Corpses
Where did that dead body go? It was right there!
30 Oct 2024,22 mins
Mysterious Knitting
How to weave the perfect murder mystery plot.
16 Oct 2024,21 mins
The Poisoned Chocolates Case
Martin Edwards joins Caroline to revisit this icon of golden age detective fiction.
02 Oct 2024,37 mins
The Red Barn Murder
What connects a notorious 1827 murder case with the Detection Club’s cosy Soho clubrooms?
18 Sep 2024,27 mins
In the Dentist's Chair
Open wide! What could possibly go wrong?
04 Sep 2024,23 mins
Instrument of Death
Beware the pipe organ.
21 Aug 2024,21 mins
Mr Fortune, Please
Dolores Gordon-Smith joins Caroline to read this short story collection by H.C. Bailey.
07 Aug 2024,59 mins
Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes
Which matters more in a murder mystery, plot or character?
24 Jul 2024,22 mins
Death at the Speakeasy
During Prohibition, the cocktails are downright criminal.
10 Jul 2024,63 mins
The Thin Man
CriminOlly joins Caroline to read this classic of American hardboiled crime fiction.
26 Jun 2024,49 mins
Murder in the Library
There’s something sinister in the stacks.
19 Jun 2024,53 mins