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Caroline Crampton

Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories

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October 28 · 36 min
The Queen of Gothic Crime
Ngaio Marsh was a master of the spooky and the macabre.
October 14 · 46 min
Maureen Johnson Is Particular About Clues
There’s an art to bringing classic crime tropes into the 21st century.
September 30 · 55 min
Celebrating Miss Marple and Sleeping Murder
Why has Agatha Christie’s spinster sleuth endured?
September 16 · 40 min
Mr Justice Raffles (Green Penguin Book Club 16)
Katie Lumsden joins Caroline to examine the swan song of A.J. Raffles.
September 2 · 40 min
The Girl Detective
Where does the tradition of younger women solving crimes begin?
August 19 · 48 min
WW2 and the Golden Age
Caroline rereads Christianna Brand's 1944 crime novel, Green for Danger.
August 5 · 22 min
Returning to Mr Quin
Let’s meet Agatha Christie’s strangest creation.
July 22 · 20 min
The Underrated Christies
Beyond the famous novels, there’s a whole world to discover.
July 15 · 26 min
Forensic Fiction
On science-driven crime fiction in the 1920s and the 2020s.
July 8 · 20 min
Village Murder
Why did Agatha Christie set her murders in villages?
June 24 · 43 min
The Crippen Obsession
Why is this murder from 1910 still so fascinating to us?
June 10 · 19 min
The Dispenser (Rerun)
There's a reason why Agatha Christie knew so much about poisons.
May 27 · 52 min
The Murders in Praed Street (Green Penguin Book Club 15)
Ronaldo Fagarazzi joins Caroline for a 1920s serial killer mystery.
May 13 · 20 min
The Silent Passenger
Why did Dorothy L. Sayers hate the first Peter Wimsey film so much?
April 29 · 23 min
Lady Chatterley vs Miss Marple
Are Agatha Christie’s stories as chaste as they seem?
April 15 · 22 min
Decline of the English Murder
What George Orwell can teach us about detective fiction.
April 1 · 22 min
Agatha Christie’s Gun Man
The childhood nightmare that informed a crime writing career.
March 18 · 51 min
The Sanfield Scandal (Green Penguin Book Club 14)
Jim Noy joins Caroline for some Jolly Adventures in a castle.
March 4 · 42 min
The Perfect Plan
What could possibly go wrong?
February 18 · 31 min
The Decree Absolute
The fascinating history of divorce in detective fiction.

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