Caroline: When constructing a plot for a detective novel, nothing matters more than boundaries. It's vital to know where the edges of the world will be, and who will be allowed to come in and out once the mystery is in progress. After all, it's no
A friendly warning: there are major spoilers for The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie in this episode. Music. Caroline: I think we're all quite comfortable with the idea of real life events inspiring fiction — it's not for nothing that some of the most critically acclaimed films
Caroline: There's a tendency sometimes to think of detective fiction from the early twentieth century as "cosy". In fact, in some countries the phrase "cozy mystery" even serves as a semi-official subgenre of crime writing — especially in America where it is defined against the
