Death Under Par

Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

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Mentioned in the episode:

— The Murder on the Links (1923) by Agatha Christie

— “The Murder on the Golf Links” (1907) by Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, featured in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

— A Lost Leader (1906) by E. Phillips Oppenheim

— Hints on the Game of Golf by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Book of Golf and Golfers by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Lost Golfer (1930) by Horace G Hutchinson

— Tish Plays the Game (1921) by Mary Roberts Rinehart

— The Viaduct Murder (1925) by Ronald Knox

— The Bunker at the 5th (1927) by Marcus Dods

— “The Red Golf Ball” by Gerald Verner, featured in Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

— Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie

— The Murder on the Sixth Hole (aka The Strange Death of Martin Green) by David Frome

— Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) by Miles Burton

— Fer-de-Lance (1934) by Rex Stout

— Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie

— “The Sweet Shot” (1939) by EC Bentley

— Trent’s Own Case (1936) by EC Bentley

— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley

— Mr. Malcolm Presents (1932) by Gerard Fairlie

— The Case of the Green Felt Hat (1937) by Christopher Bush

— Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly

— The Body in the Bunker by Herbert Adams

— Death Off the Fairway by Herbert Adams

— Nineteenth Hole Mystery by Herbert Adams

— Death on the First Tee by Herbert Adams

— The Secret of Bogey House (1924) by Herbert Adams

— Unfinished Portrait (1934) by Mary Westmacott

— My Late Wives (1946) by Carter Dickson

— An Awkward Lie (1952) by Michael Innes

— Fair Prey (1956) by William Campbell Gault

— The Big Gamble (1958) by George Harmon Coxe

— Murder at the Open (1965) by Angus MacVicar

— Deadly Putter (1979) by Ted Dexter and Clifford Makins

— Death of a Low-Handicap Man (1974) by Brian Ball

— A Hole in One (2005) by Catherine Aird

— Administration Can Be Murder (2000) by Richard L. Baldwin

— Death from the Ladies' Tee (1992) by James Y Bartlett

— Murder in the Rough, collection edited by Otto Penzler

— Open Season (2005) by Jim Moriarty

— Par for the Corpse by Kathleen Kelly Sprissler

Other golf-related titles not mentioned:

— The Heart of a Goof (1926) by PG Wodehouse

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— The Death of the Country House

— Murder on Holiday

— The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot

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