Dolores Gordon-Smith joins Caroline to read this short story collection by H.C. Bailey.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 21:34 . After that, expect full spoilers.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— Mr Fortune, Please by HC Bailey

— The Sea Captain by HC Bailey

— Jack Haldean Mysteries by Dolores Gordon-Smith

— Serpent's Eye by Dolores Gordon-Smith

— How to Write a Classic Murder Mystery by Dolores Gordon-Smith

— Everyman's Great Tales of Detection, edited by Dorothy L Sayers

— Anthony Gethryn series by Philip MacDonald

— Capital Crimes, edited by Martin Edwards

— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

Past Shedunnit Green Penguin episodes:

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)

— The Murder on the Links (Green Penguin Book Club 2)

— The Thin Man (Green Penguin Book Club 3)

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