Clued in Mystery Podcast

The wait is over, mystery fans! It's time for a new season of Clued in Mystery. After a quick preview of the upcoming season, Brook and Sarah kick things off by discussing what they read during the summer break. Discussed and mentioned The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (2024) C.L. Miller The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a Nineteen Twenty's Murder Mystery (2022) Stephen Bates Lord Edgware Dies (1933) Agatha Christie The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie Listen for the Lie (2024) Amy Tintera The Documents in the Case (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers Holmes is Missing (2025) James Patterson and Brian Sitts The Four Queens of Crime (2025) Rosanne Limoncelli You might also like Christie's Sleuths: Tommy and Tuppence [https://cluedinmystery.com/christies-sleuths-tommy-and-tuppence/] (released June 20, 2023) Dorothy L. Sayers [https://cluedinmystery.com/dorothy-l-sayers/] (released April 12, 2022) Read along: Holmes Marple and Poe [https://cluedinmystery.com/bonus-clued-in-book-club-episode-1/] (released April 6, 2024) For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit: https://cluedinmystery.com/summer-2025-tbr-recap/

It's summer reading season! In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss what they're planning to watch and read over the break. Discussed and mentioned The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a Nineteen Twenty's Murder Mystery (2022) Stephen Bates The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (2024) C.L. Miller Listen for the Lie (2024) Amy Tintera Lord Edgware Dies (1933) Agatha Christie The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie The Four Queens of Crime (2025) Rosanne Limoncelli The Documents in the Case (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers Holmes is Missing (2025) James Patterson and Brian Sitts Holland (2025 film) Amazon Prime For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/summer-2025-reading-list/ Related episodes: Poisons [https://cluedinmystery.com/methods-poisons/](released June 17, 2025) Ngaio Marsh [https://cluedinmystery.com/golden-age-author-ngaio-marsh/] (released November 14, 2023) Margery Allingham [https://cluedinmystery.com/golden-age-author-margery-allingham/] (released March 19, 2024) Agatha Christie 1 [https://cluedinmystery.com/agatha-series-episode-1/] (released February 22, 2022) Mysteries in Unusual Formats [http://unusual/] (released January 30, 2024)

What would you do if your daughter was marrying into a wealthy, slightly eccentric family? Find out what Brook and Sarah would do as they discuss Jason Rekulak's 2024 release The Last One at the Wedding. Note: This episode gets into detail about the book and its plot. Please read the book first if you want to avoid spoilers. Discussed and mentioned The Last One at the Wedding (2024) Jason Rekulak For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit: https://cluedinmystery.com/wwyd-the-last-one-at-the-wedding/

Brook and Sarah discuss modern great CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake historical mystery series. Discussed and mentioned Dissolution (2003) CJ Sansom Winter in Madrid (2006) CJ Sansom Dominion (2012) CJ Sansom Sovereign (2006) CJ Sansom "A life in books: CJ Sansom" [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/nov/15/cj-sansom-interview] (November 15, 2010) Sarah Crown in The Guardian "CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71" [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/cj-sansom-author-of-the-shardlake-novels-dies-aged-71] (April 29, 2024) Lucy Knight in The Guardian "My nightmare of a Nazi Britain" [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/19/sansom-dominion-nightmare-nazi-britain] (October 19, 2012) CJ Sansom in The Guardian "Top author reveals bullying ordeal at Edinburgh private school" [https://www.scotsman.com/education/top-author-reveals-bullying-ordeal-at-edinburgh-private-school-294488] (May 6, 2018) The Scotsman For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/modern-great-cj-sansom/

In the first of an occasional series, Brook and Sarah discuss the ways that victims meet their ends in the mystery fiction that we love. This week, we discuss poisons and the different reasons authors choose to use this popular method. Discussed and mentioned The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) Anthony Berkeley Strong Poison (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers The Lost Apothecary (2021) Sarah Penner Knives Out (2019) Rian Johnson Glass Onion (2022) Rian Johnson A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (2022) Kate Kavari A Haunting in Venice (2023 film) For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/methods-poisons/

Brook and Sarah continue discussing Agatha Christie's recurring sleuths and characters. In this episode, they look into Inspector Japp. Discussed and mentioned The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Agatha Christie Lord Edgeware Dies (1933) Agatha Christie Death in the Clouds (1935) Agatha Christie One Two Buckle My Shoe (1940) Agatha Christie Death on the Nile (1937) Agatha Christie Evil Under the Sun (1941) Agatha Christie Taken at the Flood (1948) Agatha Christie "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" (1923) Agatha Christie "The Affair at the Victory Ball" (1923) Agatha Christie Curtain (1975) Agatha Christie Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-2013) ITV series For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/agathas-characters-inspector-japp/

Mystery and thriller author Catherine McKenzie/Catherine Mack, author of recent What Would You Do episode feature Please Join Us (2022) and the popular Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies (2024) and its sequel No One Was Supposed to Die At This Wedding (2025) joins Brook and Sarah in today's episode to discuss writing thrillers, mysteries, and what makes a great story. Discussed and mentioned Please Join Us (2022) Catherine McKenzie Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies (2024) Catherine Mack No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding (2025) Catherine Mack For more about Catherine Mack/Catherine McKenzie website: catherinemackauthor.com [https://catherinemackauthor.com/] Instagram: @catherinemckenzieauthor [https://www.instagram.com/catherinemckenzieauthor/] X/Twitter: @CEMcKenzie1 [https://twitter.com/CEMcKenzie1] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatherineMcKenzieAuthor Related episodes What Would You Do: Please Join Us [https://cluedinmystery.com/what-would-you-do-please-join-us-by-catherine-mckenzie/] (released February 18, 2025) For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/catherine-mckenzie/

It's wedding season! And what better way to celebrate love than with a mystery. Discussed and mentioned In a Dark, Dark Wood (2015) Ruth Ware "A Deadly Wedding Day" in The Miss Marple Collection: New Tales of Jane Marple (2022) Dreda Say Mitchell The Plus One (2024) S.C. Lalli The Last Suppers (1995) Diane Mott Davidson Engaged in Death (2016) Stephanie Blackmoore The Guest List (2020) Lucy Foley The Unwedding (2024) Ally Condie Wedding Cake Murder (2016) Joanne Fluke Something in the Water (2018) Catherine Steadman Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder (2016) Sara Rosett Death at an English Wedding (2017) Sara Rosett No One Was Supposed To Die At This Wedding (2025) Catherine Mack The Perfect Couple (2024) Netflix The Last One at the Wedding (2024) Jason Rekulak Other episodes you might like What Would You Do: Something in the Water [https://cluedinmystery.com/what-would-you-do-something-in-the-water/] (released June 18, 2024) Historical Mystery with Sara Rosett [https://cluedinmystery.com/historical-mystery-part-2/](released September 20, 2022) What Would You Do: Please Join Us [https://cluedinmystery.com/what-would-you-do-please-join-us-by-catherine-mckenzie/] (released February 18, 2025) For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/weddings/

In today's episode, Brook and Sarah take a virtual tour of mystery-themed bookshops. Discussed and mentioned Mysterious Bookshop: https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/ Chronicles of Crime: https://chronicles-of-crime-your-mystery-bookshop.square.site/ Dead Write Books: https://www.deadwrite.com/dw.html Mystery Loves Company: https://www.mysterylovescompany.com/browse/book Whodunit Books: https://whodunitbooks.ca/ Poisoned Pen Bookstore: https://store.poisonedpen.com [https://store.poisonedpen.com/] Sleuth of Baker Street: https://sleuthofbakerstreet.ca/ Crime in Store: http://www.covent-garden.co.uk/SITES/crimeinstore/ Bodies in the Bookshop: https://bodiesinthebookshop.co.uk/ https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/mystery-bookstores For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/mystery-bookshop-tour/

In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss the lasting legacy of Ellery Queen and the co-writing cousins behind the name. Discussed and mentioned The Roman Hat Mystery (1929) Ellery Queen Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-present) Ellery Queen's Minute Mysteries (listen on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLneoVXdPCzrccOFaFW_1_GYYc8WF_b8ii]) Ellery Queen's Mysteries Radio Show (listen on YouTube [https://youtu.be/QKUggSL7gqo]) For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/golden-age-author-ellery-queen/

On today's episode, Brook and Sarah are joined by Jakob Kerr, author of Dead Money (2025) to discuss white collar crime and its place in mystery. Discussed and mentioned Dead Money (2025) Jakob Kerr Michael Clayton (2007 film) Shudder Island (2003) Dennis Lehane Sharp Objects (2006) Gillian Flynn About Jakob Kerr https://www.jakobkerr.com [https://www.jakobkerr.com/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakob_kerr/ For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/white-collar-crime-interview-with-jakob-kerr/

Fraud, money laundering, and Ponzi schemes can make for fascinating mysteries. In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss white collar crime in fiction and in real life. Discussed and mentioned White Collar Crime (1949) Edwin H. Sutherland Catch Me If You Can (1980) Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding Catch Me If You Can (2002 film) Owning Mahowney (2003 film) Panama Papers - The Laundromat (2019 film) A Death in Cryptoland [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/904-a-death-in-cryptoland] (podcast about Gerald Cotten and Quadriga) American Greed (television series - MSNBC) Red Team Blues (2023) Cory Doctorow Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (2024) C.L. Miller The Water Rat of Wanchai (2011) Ian Hamilton The Accountant (2016 film) The Firm (1991) John Grisham Margin Call (2011 film) Boiler Room (2000 film) Erin Brockovich (2000 film) The Missing American (2020) Kwei Quartey The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) Patricia Highsmith Tracers in the Dark (2022) Andy Greenberg For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/white-collar-crime/

We proudly declare our love of mystery in each episode of Clued in Mystery. In the first episode of Season 10, we share why. Discussed and mentioned Louise Penny, author of the Inspector Gamache series The Girl on the Train (2015) Paula Hawkins Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club and We Solve Murders series For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/10-1-why-we-love-mystery/

In this week's episode, Brook and Sarah are joined by author and lecturer Kate Winkler Dawson to discuss true crime. Discussed and mentioned American Sherlock (2020) Kate Winkler Dawson Death in the Air (2018) Kate Winkler Dawson All That is Wicked (2022) Kate Winkler Dawson The Sinners All Bow (2025) Kate Winkler Dawson The Scarlet Letter (1850) Nathaniel Hawthorne The Ghost Club (2023) Kate Winkler Dawson About Kate Winkler Dawson Website: https://www.katewinklerdawson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katewinklerdawson/ For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/true-crime-3-with-kate-winkler-dawson/ Related episodes True Crime Part 1 [https://cluedinmystery.com/true-crime-part-1/] (originally released January 31, 2023) True Crime part 2 [https://cluedinmystery.com/true-crime-part-2/] (originally released February 7, 2023)

The Anthony Awards. The Edgars. Grand Master awards. In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss different mystery awards and whether readers pay attention to them. Discussed and mentioned Agatha Awards (presented at Malice Domestic) Anthony Awards (presented at Bouchercon) Lefty Awards (presented at Left Coast Crime) Silver Falchion Awards (presented at Killer Nashville) McCavity Awards (presented by Mystery Readers International) Barry Awards (presented by Deadly Pleasures) Crime Fiction Lover Awards (presented by Crime Fiction Lover) Ned Kelly Awards (presented by Australian Crime Writers Association) International Thriller Awards (presented at ThillerFest) Shamus Awards (presented by Private Eye Writers of America) Awards of Excellence (presented by the Canadian Crime Writers Association) Please Join Us (2023) Catherine McKenzie The Drowning Woman (2023) Robyn Harding Edgar Awards (presented by the Mystery Writers of America) "Stop, You're Killing Me!" [https://www.stopyourekillingme.com/] For more information Instagram: @cluedinmystery [https://www.instagram.com/cluedinmystery/] Contact us: hello@cluedinmystery.com Music: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.com Sign up for our newsletter: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-chronicle/ Join the Clued in Cartel for as little as $12 USD/year: [https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/] https://cluedinmystery.com/clued-in-cartel/ For a full episode transcript, visit https://cluedinmystery.com/mystery-awards/