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Caroline Crampton

British writer and podcaster; creator and host of Shedunnit, a podcast about golden-age detective fiction, and author of The Way to the Sea (2019) and A Body Made of Glass (2024).

6 things

SanditonBook Jane Austen

recommended

Sanditon was begun in early 1817 and left unfinished when she died in July of that year.

Five Books interview: the best books on Hypochondria

2024-04-08·fivebooks.com ↗

Hot MilkBook Deborah Levy

recommended

Hot Milk is about Rose, who has confusing and debilitating health problems, and her daughter Sofia, who finds her mother exasperating but seems perpetually tied to her, and even sometimes experiences apparent sympathy pains for her.

Five Books interview: the best books on Hypochondria

2024-04-08·fivebooks.com ↗

Death on the RivieraBook John Bude

recommended

They all come with an introduction that offers some context about the writer and some key social history of the period as well—stuff like the currency racket in Death on the Riviera has all been explained nicely before you actually plunge into the mystery and get confused.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Summer Mysteries

2022-07-11·fivebooks.com ↗

Appointment with DeathBook Agatha Christie

recommended

I’ve never been able to understand why Appointment with Death isn’t up there with those two, because it also features Hercule Poirot, and he’s on holiday—this time in Petra in Jordan, where he has gone on a sightseeing tour to the famous monuments with a party of other tourists.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Summer Mysteries

2022-07-11·fivebooks.com ↗

N or M?Book Agatha Christie

recommended

But, yes, N or M? is the only book she wrote during the war that’s actually about the war.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Wartime Mystery Books

2021-11-04·fivebooks.com ↗

Tied Up in TinselBook Ngaio Marsh

recommended

Tied Up In Tinsel is actually one of Marsh’s later novels.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Classic Christmas Mysteries

2020-12-22·fivebooks.com ↗

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