Dear friends, It was last autumn, when I was rereading Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles for the Green Penguin Book Club episode on that book, that I began to wonder what the point of the "poison book" really was. I'm sure you
Caroline: "Poison book" or "poison register" is a phrase that crops up quite a bit in golden age detective fiction. I'm sure lots of you have come across it in this fictional context, where a character is asked to sign such a volume so
How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | BBC Sounds | Other apps | RSS | Transcript My guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her book V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death is available now. Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book
