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 […]
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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 […]
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” (November 15, 2010) Sarah Crown in The Guardian […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Sleuth of Baker Street: https://sleuthofbakerstreet.ca/ Crime in Store: http://www.covent-garden.co.uk/SITES/crimeinstore/ Bodies in the […]
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) Ellery Queen’s Mysteries Radio Show (listen on YouTube) For more […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This episode was originally released April 12, 2022. Brook and Sarah discuss Dorothy L. Sayers, her life, her writing, and her advocacy for the mystery genre as a member of the Detection Club. Resources Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists. (2000). Martha Hailey DuBose, St. […]
This is a replay of an episode that was originally released on October 3, 2023. In a continuation of our occasional series exploring Agatha Christie’s sleuths, Brook and Sarah discuss Harley Quin. Discussed Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930) Agatha Christie “The Coming of Mr. Quin” (1923) Agatha Christie The Passing of Mr. […]
This is a replay of an episode that was originally released on October 17, 2023. Brook and Sarah are joined by author Tom Mead to continue their discussion about magic and mysteries. Discussed and mentioned Death and the Conjuror (2022) Tom Mead The Murder Wheel (2023) Tom Mead The Best Mystery Stories […]