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The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Green Penguin Book Club 2)

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Episode notes

John Curran joins Caroline to read Christie’s third novel, her first (sort of?) to appear as a green penguin.

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

Join the Shedunnit Book Club for two extra Shedunnit episodes a month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join.

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

No major plot spoilers until you hear Caroline say we are "entering the spoiler zone", at 25:52. After that, expect full spoilers.

Mentioned in this episode:

Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Murder in the Making by John Curran

The Big Four by Agatha Christie

Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Clocks by Agatha Christie

Third Girl by Agatha Christie

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie

An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Crooked House by Agatha Christie

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux

The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

— "How Does Your Garden Grow?" by Agatha Christie, collected in Poirot's Early Cases

— "The Cornish Mystery" by Agatha Christie, collected in The Under Dog and Other Stories

The Hollow by Agatha Christie

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton

Related Shedunnit episodes:

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

Death Under Par

Agatha the Adventuress

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