Caroline: The lifespan of a sleuth from the golden age of detective fiction is difficult to estimate. These tend to be creatures of extremes. Either they exist for a concentrated period of time before the writer moves on to other characters or literary endeavours, as Dorothy L. Sayers did with
17 May 2023Caroline: When I tell people what this podcast is about one of the first questions that I usually get asked is if I am worried about "running out of things to talk about". And I suppose that is not an unreasonable concern, if you are only aware of
03 May 2023Caroline: One hundred years ago this year, in 1923, Agatha Christie's novel The Murder on the Links was published. On the surface, this is not an especially momentous anniversary — especially when compared with the others that we will enjoy in future years as the centenaries of her most
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