In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss how a mystery is typically structured and what happens when a mystery takes a different approach.

Discussed and mentioned

His & Hers (2025) Netflix-based on the book (2020) by Alice Feeney

Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996) CBS

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Reverse Mysteries (released February 24, 2026)

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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss the difference between mysteries on screen resolved in a single episode and ones that take multiple episodes to resolve.

Discussed and mentioned

The Woman in Suite 11 (2025) Ruth Ware

Telecrime (1938-39 and 1946) BBC

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004-2013) ITV

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-2013) ITV

Knives Out (2019) Netflix

Thursday Murder Club (2025 film) Netflix

Gone Girl (2014 film) 20th Century Fox

Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996) CBS

Law & Order (1990-2010; 2021-present) NBC

Father Brown (2013-present) BBC

Poker Face (2023-2025) Peacock

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024) Netflix

Department Q (2025) Netflix

The Lincoln Lawyer (2022 to present) Netflix

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011 film)

Bosch (2014-2021) Amazon Prime Video

The Woman in Cabin 10 (2016) Ruth Ware

The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025 film) Netflix

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Mysteries on Screen (released January 17, 2023)

WWYD: The Woman in Suite 11 (released October 21, 2025)

What Would You Do: The Woman in Suite 10 (released September 6, 2022)

Murder, She Wrote at 40 Years (released October 8, 2024)

A Good Girl's Guide To Murder Watch Along (released August 16, 2024)

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This is a re-release of an episode that originally aired May 3, 2022.

In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Anna Katharine Green, whose writing inspired Agatha Christie. Green’s 1878 novel, The Leavenworth Case, is one of the first to include a detailed coroner’s inquest and ballistic evidence and set the stage for generations of future mystery authors.

Discussed and mentioned

The Leavenworth Case (1878) Anna Katharine Green
A Strange Disappearance (1880) Anna Katharine Green
“The House in the Mist,” (1905) Anna Katharine Green
Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists. (2000). Martha Hailey DuBose, St. Martins Press.

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This is a re-release of an episode that originally aired May 16, 2023.

Brook and Sarah continue their exploration of G.K. Chesterton this week. They discuss his mysteries featuring Father Brown and the legacies of this ecclesiastical sleuth.

Discussed

The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) G.K. Chesterton

Father Brown Mysteries (2013-present) BBC

Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022-present) BBC

Father Dowling Mysteries (1987-1991) NBC, ABC

Radio adaptations of Father Brown

Chesterton’s work on Project Gutenberg

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This is a re-release of an episode that originally aired May 9, 2023.

This week, in the first of two episodes about G.K. Chesterton, Brook and Sarah look at his life and find out why he was such a fascinating man and the influence he had on literature and life in the early 20th century.

Discussed

Orthodoxy (1908) G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton's work on Project Gutenberg

Radio adaptations of Father Brown

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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss modern great Val McDermid.

Discussed and mentioned

The Mermaids Singing (1995) Val McDermid

Clean Break: A Kate Brannigan Mystery (2011 Radio play) Val McDermid

Village SOS (2012 Radio Play) Val McDermid

"Second Murder At The Vicarage" in Marple, 12 New Mysteries (2022) Val McDermid

Forensics, The Anatomy of Crime (2014) Val McDermid

Queen Macbeth (2024) Val McDermid

Wire in the Blood (2002-2008) - adaptation of Carol Jordan/Tony Hill series

Karen Pirie (2022-present) - adaptation of the Karen Pirie series

Fun Lovin' Crime Writers

Books In The Life Of | Val McDermid

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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah speak with Reagan Davis, author of the Knitorious Murder Mysteries series, and discuss the overlap between crafts and mysteries.

Discussed and mentioned

Disturbing the Fleece

About Reagan Davis

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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Craft and Hobby Mysteries (released March 3, 2026)

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Brook and Sarah discuss adapting Agatha Christie and other classic mystery tales for younger audiences with Marci Kay Monson, author of the Mini Mystery series.

Discussed and mentioned

And Then There Were None (1939) Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Agatha Christie

The Mystery of the Blue Train (1929) Agatha Christie

The Secret of the Blue Clock (1930) Carolyn Keene

About Marci

Marci Kay Monson is the author of the Mini Mystery series. These are interactive picture book mysteries for children. She's an avid reader, crafter, and gardener. She received her BS in technical communications from Utah State University and a graduate certificate in publishing from the Denver Publishing Institute. She found a love for Agatha Christie when her book club read And Then There Were None and never looked back. She loves story, bright colors, and a bit of cozy and fictional murder. Raised in Japan, England, and Germany, she now lives with her dog Suki in Leighton, Utah.

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Many mystery fans love to craft, or so it seems based on the number of titles in this popular sub-genre. In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss what makes a craft and hobby mystery.

Discussed and mentioned

Picking Up the Pieces (2024) J. B. Abbott

Button Holed (2011) Kylie Logan

Crossword Mysteries (2019-2021) Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Garage Sale Mystery (2013-2019) Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2007) BBC

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In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss reverse mysteries, or "how catch 'ems," where the audience knows who the culprit is from the beginning.

Discussed and mentioned

Columbo (1971–2003) Television series

Malice Aforethought (1931) Francis Iles (Anthony Berkeley Cox)

The 12:30 from Croydon (1934) Freeman Wills Crofts

Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight (1930) R. Austin Freeman

Dial M for Murder (1954) Alfred Hitchcock — Film adaptation of Frederick Knott’s 1952 play

How to Kill Your Employer (2022) Rupert Holmes

Dexter (TV Series: 2006-2013)

Midsomer Murders (TV series: 1997-present)

Catch Me If You Can (2002 film)

You (2014) Caroline Kepnes (Netflix adaptation: 2018-2025)

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In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Mary Roberts Rinehart's lasting impact on mystery fiction, even if readers aren't directly familiar with her work.

Discussed and mentioned

The Circular Staircase (1908) Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Bat (1920) Mary Roberts Rinehart with Avery Hopwood

The Window at the White Cat (1910) Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mary Roberts Rinehart's papers at University of Pittsburgh

Correspondence with Ellery Queen

References

Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart  (1980) Jan Cohn

Had She But Known: A Biography of Mary Roberts Rinehart(1994) Charlotte MacLeod

On Project Gutenberg

On Librivox

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