Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories
Sounds,·120 episodes
How did a legal history series become so well known even Lord Peter Wimsey owned a set?
04 Jun 2025,·19 mins
Because sometimes, only a professional will do.
28 May 2025,·23 mins
She wrote over 70 well-reviewed detective novels, yet disappeared from view. Why?
21 May 2025,·19 mins
Tom Mead joins Caroline to read Edgar Wallace’s 1905 thriller.
14 May 2025,·41 mins
All the best murder mysteries start with a scone laced with arsenic.
07 May 2025,·23 mins
Fact meets fiction in the work of this unjustly overlooked writer.
30 Apr 2025,·30 mins
Who was Ngaio Marsh really?
23 Apr 2025,·19 mins
Caroline dives deep into Brand’s work to find her favourite novel.
16 Apr 2025,·20 mins
A reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft.
09 Apr 2025,·19 mins
Darryl Jones joins Caroline to discuss the first collection of Raffles stories.
02 Apr 2025,·38 mins
Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain's legal system to the limit.
26 Mar 2025,·32 mins
Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?
19 Mar 2025,·24 mins
One of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history.
12 Mar 2025,·26 mins
A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation.
05 Mar 2025,·39 mins
On 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie vanished.
26 Feb 2025,·22 mins
She is beloved worldwide for her crime writing. But what did she like to read?
19 Feb 2025,·23 mins
Moira Redmond joins Caroline to consider a surprising medical mystery from 1931.
05 Feb 2025,·49 mins
Caroline goes deep on Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1935 masterpiece.
22 Jan 2025,·36 mins
Reading the mysteries of the past 100 years.
08 Jan 2025,·31 mins
There’s always more to say about detective fiction.
25 Dec 2024,·23 mins
The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.
11 Dec 2024,·21 mins
Caroline and Guy discuss this beloved children's book by John Masefield.
04 Dec 2024,·43 mins
The creator of amateur sleuth Gervase Fen loved to make fun of detective fiction.
27 Nov 2024,·28 mins
Kathryn Harkup and Caroline reconsider Agatha Christe’s very first detective novel.
13 Nov 2024,·50 mins
Where did that dead body go? It was right there!
30 Oct 2024,·22 mins
How to weave the perfect murder mystery plot.
16 Oct 2024,·21 mins
Martin Edwards joins Caroline to revisit this icon of golden age detective fiction.
02 Oct 2024,·37 mins
What connects a notorious 1827 murder case with the Detection Club’s cosy Soho clubrooms?
18 Sep 2024,·27 mins
Open wide! What could possibly go wrong?
04 Sep 2024,·23 mins
Beware the pipe organ.
21 Aug 2024,·21 mins
