CriminOlly joins Caroline to read this classic of American hardboiled crime fiction.

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 26:30 . After that, expect full spoilers.

A full list of titles in the Penguin series can be found at penguinfirsteditions.com.

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Caroline's new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is out now. To find out more and get your copy, visit her website carolinecrampton.com/abodymadeofglass.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

— Endless Night by Agatha Christie

— Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

— The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

— Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie

— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— Mr Fortune, Please by H.C. Bailey

— A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

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