
Join Amanda and Joseph for this week’s episode as they delve into the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, remember Agatha Christie and talk about their favourite mysteries. This time, they really try to be spoiler free! Bookish NewsInternational Booker Prize shortlist short flims Helen DeWitt and Windham Campbell Literary AwardRecent ReadsThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm (Sam Hughes)The Wreck by Lizzy Stewart @lizzy_stewartAlison by Lizzy Stewart The Novels of Agatha Christie and Golden Age Detective FictionSnow Upon the Desert by Agatha ChristieMurder On The Orient Express by Agatha ChristieDeath On The Nile by Agatha ChristieEvil Under The Sun by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Akroyd by Agatha ChristieA Murder is Announced by Agatha ChristieA is for Arsenic by Kathryn HarkupV is for Venom by Kathryn HarkupThe Knox DecalogueS.S. Van Dine’s CommandmentsFair Play by Louise HegartyOur Favourite MysteriesIn the Woods (The Dublin Murder Squad series) by Tana French @tanafrenchwritesThe Trees by Percival EverettThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett @r.jackson.bennettThe Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett @janice.hallettThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanThe Whitstable Pearl by Julie WassmerThe No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith‘Only Murders in the Building’The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter HøegThe Girl in the Maze by R K Jackson @randal.jackson1The Water is Wide by Pat ConroyNone of This Is True by Lisa JewellListen for the Lie by Amy TinteraI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkaiWhat We’re Reading Next Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagThe Oldest Bitch Alive by Morgan Day @yeah_okdayPrairie Oyster by Sophie Robinson @sophiepoetry Also mentionedCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudioFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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