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Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth

A feminist take on the gossiping busybody of St Mary Mead.

Thanks to my guest, Leandra Griffith. As well as being Shedunnit’s production assistant, she posts about mysteries on her Instagram @leandra_thetbrzero and her YouTube channel.

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Mentioned in the episode:
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
“The Tuesday Night Club” by Agatha Christie, featured in The Thirteen Problems
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s The Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Related Shedunnit episodes:
Surplus Women
The Christie Completists
Queering The Golden Age

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Swan Song

How do you say goodbye to a beloved detective? Agatha Christie, of course, made a mystery out of it. Thanks to my guest, Mark Aldridge. You can find out more about his work at markaldridge.info and order a copy of his new book, Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, from all good… Continue Reading

Swan Song Transcript

Caroline: Detectives have to be fundamentally infallible. On their journey to a mystery’s solution they can be fragile, or flawed, or unreliable, or uncertain, but the reader has to be able to rely on the sleuth to find a satisfactory answer in the end. It’s a fundamental part of what makes a whodunnit work. After… Continue Reading