I’m counting down the days to Christmas this December by sharing a different festive whodunnit on the podcast’s social media every day. Follow @ShedunnitShow on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to see the books!
I created this list of 25 prompts and I’ll be choosing a story that fits each one. If you take part yourself and post your own festive murder mysteries, use #ShedunnitAdvent to share with the podcast’s community.
Shedunnit is supporting independent bookshops this Christmas via bookshop.org (read more about how they share profits here). There will be UK and US links to purchase each books there, through which the podcast receives a small commission for referring you, so you can support the book trade and the show at the same time.
1st — Deck The Halls — Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and the US or secondhand on Abebooks)
2nd — By Candlelight — Smoke Without Fire by Elizabeth Ferrars (this one is out of print, but you can get secondhand copies on Abebooks)
3rd — Christmas Getaway — There Came Both Mist and Snow by Michael Innes (get it new from Blackwell’s or secondhand on Abebooks)
4th — A Country Christmas — Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and the US or secondhand on Abebooks)
5th — Ding Dong Merrily on High — The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and the US or secondhand on Abebooks)
6th — Ho Ho Ho — The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and the US or secondhand on Abebooks)
7th — Footprints in the Snow — Groaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow by Gladys Mitchell (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK or secondhand on Abebooks)
8th — Party Time — “The Queen’s Square” from Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US or secondhand on Abebooks)
9th — Five Gold Rings — The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US or secondhand on Abebooks)
10th — Snowed In — The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US or secondhand on Abebooks)
11th — Working Over Christmas — The Sad Variety by Nicholas Blake (buy it via Blackwell’s in the UK and bookshop.org in the US, or secondhand on Abebooks)
12th — Parlour Games — Silent Nights edited by Martin Edwards (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US or secondhand on Abebooks)
13th — Christmas Morning — A Surprise for Christmas edited by Martin Edwards (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
14th — Children at Christmas — Christmas at Candleshoe by Michael Innes (out of print but you can buy it secondhand on Abebooks)
15th — Carol Singing — Crimson Snow edited by Martin Edwards (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
16th — Guests for Christmas — Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchen (buy it via Blackwell’s)
17th — Ghost of Christmas Past — Death Comes at Christmas by Gladys Mitchell, also found under the title Dead Men’s Morris (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
18th — Playing in the Snow — The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake (buy it via Waterstones)
19th — Family Reunion — Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
20th — Lords a Leaping — An English Murder by Cyril Hare (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
21st — In the Bleak Midwinter — Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
22nd — Christmas Postbag — The Christmas Card Crime edited by Martin Edwards (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
23rd — Driving Home for Christmas — Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
24th — The Night Before Christmas — A Very Murderous Christmas edited by Cecily Gayford (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK)
25th — A Festive Feast — The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie (buy it via bookshop.org in the UK and US)
