The wait is over, mystery fans! It's time for a new season of Clued in Mystery. After a quick preview of the upcoming season, Brook and Sarah kick things off by discussing what they read during the summer break.

Discussed and mentioned

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder (2024) C.L. Miller

The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a Nineteen Twenty’s Murder Mystery (2022) Stephen Bates

Lord Edgware Dies (1933) Agatha Christie

The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie

Listen for the Lie (2024) Amy Tintera

The Documents in the Case (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers

Holmes is Missing (2025) James Patterson and Brian Sitts

The Four Queens of Crime (2025) Rosanne Limoncelli

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Summer 2025 TBR Recap

The film adaptation of Thursday Murder Club is hitting Netflix in a few days. In today's bonus episode, Brook and Sarah share their thoughts based on the trailer. Subscribe to the Clued in Chronicle (bi-weekly newsletter) to listen to our post-watch recap in September, or join the Clued in Cartel to get it first.

Discussed and mentioned

Thursday Murder Club (2020) Richard Osman

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[Bonus] Thursday Murder Club preview

This episode was originally released on March 5, 2024.

Eric Rutin from Hallmark Mysteries and More [https://hallmarkmysteriesandmore.com/] joins Brook and Sarah to share his expertise on favorite Hallmark mysteries adapted from books. Second of a two-part conversation.

Discussed and mentioned

Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers (2024) Hallmark

Murder at the Breakers (2014) Alyssa Maxwell

Mystery 101 (2019-2021) Hallmark

The Gourmet Detective (2015) Hallmark

Case of the Mystery Lane (2023) Hallmark

Curious Caterer Mysteries (2022-2023) Hallmark

Murder She Baked/Hannah Swensen Mysteries (2015-2023) Hallmark

Chronicle Mysteries (2019) Hallmark

True Justice (2024) Hallmark

About Eric Rutin and Hallmark Mysteries and More

Website: https://hallmarkmysteriesandmore.com/
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[Re-release] Hallmark Mysteries and More (part 2)

This episode was originally released on November 14, 2023.

In today’s episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Ngaio Marsh, one of four Golden Age Queens of Crime, playwright, and artist.

Discussed

Laura Lippman Tess Monaghan series (1997-2015)
Force of Nature (2018) Jane Harper
A Man Lay Dead (1934) Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime (2008) Joanne Drayton
“The Secret Life of Ngaio Marsh” (April 3, 2019) Shedunnit Podcast
“Ngaio Marsh Goes Home” (November 17, 2021) Shedunnit Podcast
Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) Agatha Christie
Money in the Morgue (2018) Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy
The Golden Age of Murder (2016) Martin Edwards
@NgaioMarshAudiobooks [https://www.youtube.com/@NgaioMarshAudiobooks] on YouTube
Ngaio Marsh telling a story about her childhood [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlJvOKReo44]

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[Re-release] Golden Age Author: Ngaio Marsh

Award winning author Megan Abbott joins Brook and Sarah to discuss noir and hard-boiled mystery fiction, sibling relationships, and why mystery is important, as well as her recent release El Dorado Drive. Audio note: Megan lives in an urban neighborhood and listeners will hear the occasional train rumbling by.

Discussed and mentioned

El Dorado Drive (2025) Megan Abbott

Red Harvest (1929) Dashiell Hammett

Beware the Woman (2023) Megan Abbott

Give Me Your Hand (2018) Megan Abbott

You Will Know Me (2016) Megan Abbott

The Fever (2014) Megan Abbott

Dare Me (2012) Megan Abbott

The End of Everything (2011) Megan Abbott

The Turnout (2021) Megan Abbott

For more about Megan

Website: meganabbott.com [https://www.meganabbott.com/]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melizaabbott/

X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/meganeabbott

Goodreads [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29593.Megan_Abbott]

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Interview with Megan Abbott

This episode originally released February 27, 2024. Eric Rutin from Hallmark Mysteries and More joins Brook and Sarah to share his expertise on favorite Hallmark mysteries adapted from books. First of a two-part conversation. 

Discussed

The Gourmet Detective (1994) Peter King

The Gourmet Detective (2015) Hallmark

Mystery 101 (2019-2021) Hallmark

Flower Shop Mysteries (2016) Hallmark

Darrow and Daroow (2017-2019) Hallmark

Murder She Baked/Hannah Swensen Mysteries (2015-2023) Hallmark

Hannah Swensen mystery series (2001-2023) Joanna Fluke

The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries (2015-2023) Hallmark

Aurora Teagarden mystery series 1990-2017) Charlaine Harris

Curious Caterer Mysteries (2022-2023) Hallmark

Culinary mysteries (1990-2013) Dianne Mott Davidson

Dying for Chocolate (2022) Hallmark

Gilded Newport Mysteries (2024) Hallmark

Murder at the Breakers (2014) Alyssa Maxwell

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[Re-release] Hallmark Mysteries and More (part 1)

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 the Lie (2024) Amy Tintera

Lord Edgware Dies (1933) Agatha Christie

The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie

The Four Queens of Crime (2025) Rosanne Limoncelli

The Documents in the Case (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers

Holmes is Missing (2025) James Patterson and Brian Sitts

Holland (2025 film) Amazon Prime

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Poisons [https://cluedinmystery.com/methods-poisons/](released June 17, 2025)

Ngaio Marsh [https://cluedinmystery.com/golden-age-author-ngaio-marsh/] (released November 14, 2023)

Margery Allingham [https://cluedinmystery.com/golden-age-author-margery-allingham/] (released March 19, 2024)

Agatha Christie 1 [https://cluedinmystery.com/agatha-series-episode-1/] (released February 22, 2022)

Mysteries in Unusual Formats [http://unusual/] (released January 30, 2024)

Summer 2025 TBR List

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 the book first if you want to avoid spoilers.

Discussed and mentioned

The Last One at the Wedding (2024) Jason Rekulak

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What Would You Do: The Last One at the Wedding

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" [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/nov/15/cj-sansom-interview] (November 15, 2010) Sarah Crown in The Guardian

"CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71" [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/cj-sansom-author-of-the-shardlake-novels-dies-aged-71] (April 29, 2024) Lucy Knight in The Guardian

"My nightmare of a Nazi Britain" [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/19/sansom-dominion-nightmare-nazi-britain] (October 19, 2012) CJ Sansom in The Guardian

"Top author reveals bullying ordeal at Edinburgh private school" [https://www.scotsman.com/education/top-author-reveals-bullying-ordeal-at-edinburgh-private-school-294488] (May 6, 2018) The Scotsman

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Modern Greats: CJ Sansom

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 Berkeley

Strong Poison (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers

The Lost Apothecary (2021) Sarah Penner

Knives Out (2019) Rian Johnson

Glass Onion (2022) Rian Johnson

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (2022) Kate Kavari

A Haunting in Venice (2023 film)

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Methods: Poisons

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