The Detective’s Best Friend

Please join me for a long-awaited guided tour of the role that dogs play in detective fiction.

Books mentioned:
My Lady’s Money by Wilkie Collins
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mystery of the Black Dog by Ellery Queen
“The Oracle of the Dog” by G.K. Chesterton
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac
The Dog It Was That Died by E.C.R. Lorac
The Kennel Murder Case by SS Van Dine
Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner
Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin
Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin

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