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Are you ready to uncover a Gilded Age mystery that blurred the lines between fiction and reality? This week on Books & Looks, join Blaine DeSantis as he talks with acclaimed historical fiction author Marie Benedict about her new book, "The Queens of Crime." Step back to 1931 London, where legendary mystery writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Baroness Orczy form a secret group to assert their place in a male-dominated world. But when a real-life murder occurs, these literary icons become unlikely detectives, using their mystery-writing prowess to solve a crime the police couldn't. Learn about Benedict's extensive research into the lives of these fascinating women and the historical attitudes they defied. A tale of suspense, murder, and the power of female ingenuity. Don't miss this exclusive interview!Links:"The Queens of Crime" BookMarie Benedict WebsiteWatch on YouTube Join the Newsletter_Produced by Podcast Studio X.
Was it accident, or murder? On a frosty Christmas morning, the household of Septimus Tonks awakens to a grim discovery: their patriarch lies lifeless beside his wireless set, seemingly electrocuted. Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn arrives to find more than just a tragic accident; he finds a family simmering with resentment, secrets festering beneath a veneer of festive cheer, and a tangled web of motives lurking within the unforgiving walls of their home. The precision of the crime contrasts with the messiness of the people who surrounded the unhappy patriarch. I invite you to listen as we untangle the threads of this domestic drama and unravel the truth behind "Death on the Air". "Death on the Air" was initially published in 1936. It was subsequently included in the short story collection, Death on the Air and Other Stories, published by HarperCollins Publishers in Great Britain in 1995. The collection also features the Alleyn stories, "I Can Find My Way Out," and "Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery," along with two biographical essays by Marsh, "Roderick Alleyn" and "Portrait of Troy." ⭐ Join my Patreon ⭐ https://patreon.com/barcud Go here for a library of ad-free stories, a monthly members only story and early access to the regular stories I put out. You can choose to have ghost stories only, or detective stories or classic literature, or all of them for either $5 or $10 a month. Many hundreds of hours of stories. Who needs Audible? Or, if you'd just like to make a one-off gesture of thanks for my work https://buymeacoffee.com/10mn8sk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marie Benedict is back with another thrilling novel, titled The Queens of Crime. The story is set during the inter-war years as five famous mystery writer solve the murder of a young nurse. Each of women are successful writers from The Golden Age of Mysteries, Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Baroness Emma Orczy, and Margery Allingham.Author ReadsDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieGaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
Join us for a rollicking jaunt in the British countryside, with the first Roderick Alleyn mystery from another Queen of Crime. It's A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh. No spoilers- we do not reveal whodunnit. In Mystery Business, Mads and Han are feeling reflective about seasons past, and there is a theory mooted regarding the colour-coding of the Planet Three Agatha Christie hardbacks that they both joyfully own. For TV Tattle, we discuss the baffling addition of nuns in the 1993 adaptation of A Man Lay Dead. Han teases an excellent Case Notes for next time and there's a brief update on our sidekick, Hercule. We also discuss our "journey", the Pizza Hut Salad Bar and flotation tanks. Mystery Mentions Enter a Murderer - Ngaio Marsh Serial Evil Under the Sun Skoob Books Next book for 18th November: Out of Bounds by Val McDermid TV Tattle: Episode 1 - Rebus (BBC iPlayer) In the mood for more mystery? Check out our other episodes on Ngaio Marsh. Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Send us a message: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.
STIG ABELL chats to Paul Burke about his new crime novel DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE, rural idyll as vest of Vipers, identity, writing a series, love of genre fiction and how crime fiction is a tonic for the soul.DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE In a quiet village, darkness is closing in…A rural paradise…Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life. And he finally seems to have his wish – spending his days immersed in nature, and his evenings lazing by the fire.A terrifying secret…But the return of an old case shatters the calm, and pulls him into the shadowy world of a secretive group serving the extravagant whims of the elite.An enemy closes in…As the web around Jake tightens, he must determine who he can really trust in his small community. Or else he will learn just how far the elite will go to protect their secrets.STIG ABELL believes that discovering a crime fiction series to enjoy is one of the great pleasures in life. His first novel, Death Under A Little Sky, introduced Jake Jackson and his attempt to get away from his former life in the beautiful area around Little Sky. This book is the second in the series, and Stig is absolutely delighted that there are more on the way. Away from books, he co-presents the breakfast show on Times Radio, a station he helped to launch in 2020. Before that he was a regular presenter on Radio 4's Front Row and was the editor and publisher of the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in London with his wife, three children and two independent-minded cats called Boo and Ninja (his children named them, obviously).Recommendations Dorothy L Sayers, NGAIO MARSH, Carl Hiaasen, John D Mac Donald, Abigail Dean, Jane Casey, Noted: PD James, Ellis Peters, Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke, James Ellroy, Colin Dexter. Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. An Encyclopedia of Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.Music courtesy of Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALE Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024??
In this interview, I chat with Brandy Schillace about The Framed Women of Ardemore House, writing a mystery series, creating an authentic neurodiverse character, her title and cover, how she named the house in the book, her Peculiar Book Club and why she launched it, and much more. Brandy's recommended reads are: Books by Ngaio Marsh, Louise Penny and Donna Leon Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian The Kingdom of Bones by Stephen Gallagher Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast. Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. The Framed Women of Ardemore House can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
fWotD Episode 2471: Dorothy L. Sayers Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Friday, 9 February 2024 is Dorothy L. Sayers.Dorothy Leigh Sayers (; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first class honours in medieval French. She worked as an advertising copywriter between 1922 and 1929 before success as an author brought her financial independence. Her first novel Whose Body? was published in 1923. Between then and 1939 she wrote ten more novels featuring the upper-class amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1930, in Strong Poison, she introduced a leading female character, Harriet Vane, the object of Wimsey's love. Harriet appears sporadically in future novels, resisting Lord Peter's proposals of marriage until Gaudy Night in 1935, six novels later.Sayers moved the genre of detective fiction away from pure puzzles lacking characterisation or depth, and became recognised as one of the four "Queens of Crime" of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction of the 1920s and 1930s, along with Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh. She was a founder member of the Detection Club, and worked with many of its members in producing novels and radio serials collaboratively, such as the novel The Floating Admiral in 1931.From the mid‐1930s Sayers wrote plays, mostly on religious themes; they were performed in English cathedrals and broadcast by the BBC. Her radio dramatisation of the life of Christ, The Man Born to Be King (1941–42), initially provoked controversy but was quickly recognised as an important work. From the early 1940s her main preoccupation was translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy into colloquial English. She died unexpectedly at her home in Essex, aged 64, before completing the third book.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:03 UTC on Friday, 9 February 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Dorothy L. Sayers on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Olivia Neural.
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The 2023 Shedunnit Pledge Drive is underway! Help ensure the future of the podcast and get your hands on some exclusive audio perks by becoming a Shedunnit member now at shedunnitshow.com/pledgedrive. Spoilers: there will be minor details shared for all the novels and stories listed below, and major spoilers towards the end for The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace. The latter will be flagged just before I get to it, so you can safely listen to the rest of the episode and just skip that part when I tell you. Mentioned in this episode: — A Master of Mysteries by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace — The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins — An Honourable Miss by L.T. Meade — A World of Girls by L.T. Meade — Stories from the Diary of a Doctor by L.T. Meade and Clifford Halifax — The Experiences of the Oracle of Maddox Street by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace — The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace — The Sorceress of the Strand by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace — The Face in the Dark by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace — Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror edited by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh and Henry Jellett — "The Tea Leaf" by Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace — The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace — Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers — Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers — Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers — The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers — Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers Additional sources consulted: — “The Mystery of Robert Eustace” by Joe Christopher, The Armchair Detective Quarterly volume 13, issue 4, Fall 1980 — Rivaling Conan Doyle: L. T. Meade's Medical Mysteries, New Woman Criminals, and Literary Celebrity at the Victorian Fin de Siècle by Janis Dawson, English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, Volume 58, Number 1, 2015 — Dorothy L Sayers, Nine Literary Studies by Trevor H. Hall — Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Eric Sandberg — “Nature Is Lopsided”: Muscarine as Scientific and Literary Fascinosum in Dorothy L. Sayers' The Documents in the Case by Bettina Wahrig in Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema: Precarious Identities, 2017 Related Shedunnit episodes: — Edith Thompson — The Dispenser — Dorothy's Secret NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/whowasroberteustacetranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Ngaio Marsh, one of four Golden Age Queens of Crime, playwright, and artist.SourcesLaura Lippman Tess Monaghan series (1997-2015)Force of Nature (2018) Jane HarperA Man Lay Dead (1934) Ngaio MarshNgaio 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 PodcastMurder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) Agatha ChristieMoney in the Morgue (2018) Ngaio Marsh and Stella DuffyThe Golden Age of Murder (2016) Martin Edwards@NgaioMarshAudiobooks on YouTubeNgaio Marsh telling a story about her childhoodFor more informationInstagram: @cluedinmysteryContact us: hello@cluedinmystery.comMusic: Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers – www.silvermansound.comSubscribe to the Clued in Chronicle or join the Clued in Cartel at cluedinmystery.comTranscript
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We discuss New Tricks, George Gently, and The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.New Tricks is available on Britbox in the US.George Gently is available on Acorn TV in the US The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is available on Tubi in the US Discussion of New Tricks begins at :32Discussion of George Gently begins at 28:48Discussion of The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries begins at 50:40 Amanda's art can be seen at https://www.instagram.com/amandagloverart/ Kevin's short story collection can be found at Sleight of MindAnd his children's book, written with Matt Lake and illustrated by Tessa Mills can be found at From Albatwitch to ZaratanMurder Most English now has a shop where you can purchase merchandise with our logo. You can find it at https://www.cafepress.com/murdermostenglish The music for our podcast is Grand Dark Waltz Trio Allegro by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/7922-grand-dark-waltz-trio-allegroLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur artwork is by Ilan Sheady of https://www.unclefrankproductions.comSupport the show
This time Andy & Martin delve into Ngaio Marsh's Alleyn Mysteries which aired on the BBC in the early Nineties. Having watched the 1990 pilot 'Artists in Crime' and a 1993 episode 'Final Curtain' they are able to compare the performances of Simon Williams and Patrick Malahide in the title role. Belinda Lang is thankfully a constant as his artist 'friend' Agatha Troy, as is the characterful William Simons as Fox. While underwhelmed by the pilot, they are bowled over by the OTT Final Curtain especially due to the presence of Graham Crowden , Eleanor Bron, Michael Sheard and Michael Bilton and many more. Crowden even threatens to out-chew Soldeed here! If you like your murder mysteries, campy, period and full of over-the-top artist or actor-y types this is the drama and podcast episode for you. Their exploration meanders as usual as they also remember Moondial, M*A*S*H, 2 Point 4 Children and Victoria Wood Presents. There's even a guest appearance from Ru Paul. We also have a question to ask you all, inspired by this episode: "Do you design for the theatre?' Enjoy!
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) vs Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh (1968)
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Join us for a festive edition of the podcast, where we discuss, Tied Up in Tinsel, by one of our Queens of Crime, Ngaio Marsh. Spoiler alert! We reveal whodunnit! In Mystery Business, we delve into the psychology of Netflix show, The Mole. We also discuss 90s cartoon, Romuald the Reindeer, our ideal portraits and an on-air delivery. Mystery Mentions The Christmas Egg - Mary Kelly Next book for 9th January: The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustace In the mood for more mystery? Check out Season 1 Episode 8, The Christmas Egg - a cracking festive mystery! As discussed in this episode, the festive season can be tough, but this year might feel harder for many. We're not doing our usual Christmas giveaway. Instead, if you enjoyed this episode then how about donating the price of a paperback to charity? We mention Doorstep Library, and Give A Book. Thank you and Happy Christmas, Mes Amies. Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Rate us on Apple , Audible and Spotify Nominate a Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.
**Who You will Hear**Guest: Scott Hoffman (CEO of International Literary Properties)Co-host: Luna Tang (Cloud Service Delivery Manager at Klopotek)Co-host: Dwayne Parris (Senior Consultant at Klopotek) Purchasing rights of music works as a means of investment – as Michael Jackson did to the majority of the Beatles' catalog, is not a novel concept in the music publishing industry, yet in the book publishing world where people are reluctant to part with their copyrights, this concept still remains fresh and rarely-touched. Scott Hoffman and his team at ILP (International Literary Properties) not only think about it, but they also act on it. He tells us in the conversation how ILP was founded, how it works in partnership with various parties (publishers, authors, and literary agents), and how it has established its position in the value-added chain. With extensive real cases, he explains to us the ways that ILP makes long-term investments in literary estates (especially on backlists) and how they maximize the value of these time-honored works, as well as how these practices make ILP a meaningful complement to the value-added chain in rights management.For more information about ILP, the authors, and the great works it represents, please visit internationalliteraryproperties.com. Tell us what is going on with your publishing projects or business on Twitter (@Klopotek_AG), LinkedIn, or email us at podcast@klopotek.com. For more information about the Klopotek software solution, please write to info@klopotek.com, or register to receive emails from us on technology innovations & events from Klopotek.* The views, information, or opinions expressed in the program are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Klopotek and its employees. It is the goal of Klopotek Publishing Radio to support cultural diversity, the exchange of opinions, and to create an environment where the conversation of a global publishing industry can thrive.
You're invited to a party in celebration of would have been Dame Agatha Christie's what would have been her 132nd birthday. Tonight, we have a panel on The Golden Age of Mystery in her honor. Taking part are two talented mystery author's Greg Hickey and Katherine Kovacic! And my fellow podcaster with the delightful; Madame Perry's Salon, Jennifer Perry! This is truly a party in honor of Agatha Christie and mysteries she helped to bring to the world. Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh and Agatha Christie were considered the four Queens of the Golden Age of Mystery. There were men too, including Anthony Berkeley, G. K. Chesterton, Freeman Wills Crofts and Austin Freeman. And then there is the American group including; Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner and S. S. Van Dine they had a similar style to their British counterparts. Greg, Katherine, Jen and I have a ball just talking about these great writers and the classics they brought to life and of course we talk about the birthday girl, Agatha. It's a fun chat.
Murder Clinic, the WOR-Mutual series which brought you each week one exciting case; one member from the special branch of the worldâs great detectives. Each week on Murder Clinic another detective story from another well-known mystery writer was adapted for broadcast. Fans of the so-called Golden Age of Detection should certainly sit up and take notice at the veritable cornucopia of delights that were heard during the year and a few months that the program was on the air. Every week another story by an author such as Edgar Wallace, Ngaio Marsh, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, G. K. Chesterton, Jacques Futrelle, Stuart Palmer, and (as we discovered) on and on. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ang189/support
Murder Clinic, the WOR-Mutual series which brought you each week one exciting case; one member from the special branch of the worldâs great detectives. Each week on Murder Clinic another detective story from another well-known mystery writer was adapted for broadcast. Fans of the so-called Golden Age of Detection should certainly sit up and take notice at the veritable cornucopia of delights that were heard during the year and a few months that the program was on the air. Every week another story by an author such as Edgar Wallace, Ngaio Marsh, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, G. K. Chesterton, Jacques Futrelle, Stuart Palmer, and (as we discovered) on and on. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ang189/support
The complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: voicesoftoday.net/gbw An Ebenezer Gryce Collection, Volume 3 By Anna Katharine Green Narrated by Peter Thomlinson, Michell Marie and Susan Iannucci Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the first crime novelists and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. Among her prolific output are twelve novels featuring her main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force. This collection contains the third group of three novels in the series: Initials Only (1911) One of My Sons (1901) The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917)
Join us for a Cornish mystery of two halves by one of our Queens of Crime - Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen. In Mystery Business, Maddy reveals a new sleuthing skill. Han shares her thoughts on off-air read, Don't Monkey With Murder by Elizabeth Ferrars. In Queens of Crime, we hear a bit more about our most recently crowned member of the Halls, Sharna Jackson. A sad Purrcule Pawrot reflects on the circle of life. In a return of Case Notes, we take an important step in solving the original Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon. We also discuss fairies, sandwich fillings and the joys of voting. Mystery Mentions Elizabeth Ferrars - Murder in Time (discussed in Season 3 Episode 6) Tour de Force - Christianna Brand The Black Tower- P.D. James Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie - dramatisation now available on Brit Box Jonathan Creek Next book for 23rd May: The Master Key - Masako Togawa In the mood for more mystery? Check out Enter a Murderer - Season 2 Episode 6 (also by Ngaio Marsh) Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Send us your Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.
The complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: voicesoftoday.net/eg2d050d An Ebenezer Gryce Collection Volume 2 By Anna Katharine Green Narrated by Jennifer Fournier, P.J.Morgan and Marty Krz. Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the first crime novelists, and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. Among her prolific output are twelve novels featuring her main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force. This collection contains the second group of three novels in the series: 1) Behind Closed Doors (1888) 2) A Matter of Millions (1890) 3) The Doctor, his Wife and the Clock (1895) Production copyright 2022 Voices of Today
The complete audiobook is available for purchase at Audible.com: https://voicesoftoday.net/egb6dfce An Ebenezer Gryce Collection By Anna Katharine Green Narrated by Cate Barratt, Susan Iannucci and Graham Scott. Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the crime novelists, and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. Among her prolific output are twelve novels featuring her main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force. This collection contains the first three novels in the series: 1) The Leavenworth Case (1878) - her first and best known novel 2) A Strange Disappearance (1879) 3) Hand and Ring (1883)
Caught between two very different worlds, WW2 forced this queen of crime to become better acquainted with her homeland. This is the fifth episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War. Thanks to my guest, Gail Pittaway. You can find out more about her work here. The Pledge Drive gift offer is now over, because we have smashed the 100 member goal already! But if you'd still like to join the Shedunnit Book Club members, and get access to the special Christmas livestream I'm doing with my husband on 15th December just for members, visit shedunnitbookclub.com/join. There are no spoilers in this episode. Books referenced: — Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton — Ngaio Marsh by Margaret Lewis — Ngaio Marsh: The Woman and Her Work by B. J. Rahn — Black Beech and Honeydew by Ngaio Marsh — Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh — Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh — Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh — Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh — Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh — Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh — Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh — Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh Thanks to today's sponsors: — Girlfriend Collective. Get $25 off your $100+ purchase of sustainable, ethically made activewear at girlfriend.com/shedunnit. — Gods & Lies, an audio series by Realm. Listen now on your podcast app of choice and find out more at realm.fm. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/ngaiomarshgoeshometranscript. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. The original music for this series, "The Case Of The Black Stormcloud", was created by Martin Zaltz Austwick. Find out more about his work at martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com. Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge.
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The enduring appeal of crime novels that offer their readers genuine thrills and curveballs, compelling characters, just enough clues and not too many red herrings, is celebrated in the annual Ngaio Marsh Awards for crime fiction.. In its 12th year, the number of entries has soared - as have the number of awards. This year credit is given to Best Novel, Best First Novel, Best Non-Fiction, and a new award this year for the popular YA/Kids readership, the Award for Younger Readers.. The awards cover homegrown mystery, thriller, crime, and suspense writing, and the winners are announced over the weekend. Here is a list of all the finalists. Lynn Freeman speaks to winners of the various Ngaio Marsh awards and looks at the future of the genre here.
The disappearance of Jane Furlong is a mystery that has gripped the nation for nearly thirty years.
There is a long tradition in times of adversity that we read mysteries to divert ourselves from the challenges of our daily lives. Back in the interwar period of the 1920's & 30's Agatha Christie became a legend. Taking readers into little towns and intercontinental trains to solve a variety of cunning murders.It's a more complicated world, so maybe we need a darker, more nuanced voice. JP Pomare has a way of delivering, and right now when we can't go anywhere, he's crafted a thriller that will make you terrified of staying in any type of house share.That's right, this week's book club is J.P. Pomare's new thriller The Last GuestsJP Pomare is the author of Call Me Evie, Tell Me Lies and In the Clearing. He has won the Ngaio Marsh award and is shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award this year so you don't have to trust me that he's good; he's got the trophies to back it up.As The Last Guests begins, a nondescript man enters a holiday accommodation in Auckland with bags full of electrical equipment. Hours later he leaves with empty suitcases. Another Peephole stream has gone live.On the other side of Auckland Cain and Lina are doing it tough. Cain hasn't had much work since he was injured in combat and he wants Lina to put her family home up on WeStay - an online accommodation app. Lina's not too sure though. All her childhood memories are in that home and who knows what terrors a guest could inflict on that nostalgia?Like I said, right when we can't travel anyway, The Last Guests delivers a narrative that shows us the potential nightmare fuel our stays could become.Building on the growing world of surveillance we already live with, The Last Guests shows us a hidden world of voyeurs who tap into cameras to watch your most intimate moments.Our protagonist Lina has a secret and when she is caught in the web of Peephole, she is confronted with how easy it would be for her whole world to come crumbling down.The Last Guests mixes thriller, paranoia and just the right amount of mystery. We know what Lina has to hide but we don't know enough about who is threatening her.The novel crafts building tension that erupts into an horrific climax… and that's just the halfway point. We are then treated with a classic as Lina tries to repair the pieces of her life and make sense of what has happened to her.I was genuinely terrified and perplexed as I rocketed through The Last Guests. It's a cliché to say it kept me guessing to the last turn, but there's a reason why we return to clichés.What more can I say about a writer whose work hinges on the unknown? It sucks that we're stuck between the same four walls for the foreseeable future but J.P. Pomare's work promises to make you feel like you've run a mile on every page. Oh and trust me… it will also make you very thankful for the comfort and safety of your own home.Loved this review?You can hear the full audio for this and many more conversations from Final Draft. Just search for Final Draft 2ser on social media and wherever you get your podcasts. Get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read!https://2ser.com/final-draft
This week we're examining some new cases inspired by classic detective series. Mick Finlay introduces us to Arrowood, his down-at-heel Victorian gumshoe. Stella Duffy confesses to being delighted and daunted at being asked to complete an unfinished mystery by Ngaio Marsh. Mitch Cullin imagines what a 93-year old Sherlock Holmes might be working on. NB Dixon reviews a new case for Hercule Poirot. And we return to Mick Finlay for the Books of Your Life.
Kiwi Craig Sisterson of Southern Cross Crime joins Emily again to chat more crime fiction news and the second “5 Books in 5 Minutes” segment where he recommends some books for you to delve into. Based in London, Craig, the author of 'Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film and TV of Australia and New Zealand' is a well-known and loved face on the crime writing festival scene and founded the Ngaio Marsh awards for New Zealand writers.----Your host is Emily Webb Emily is the author of Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who KillThanks to Craig Sisterson. You can find Southern Cross Crime on Twitter and on FacebookPurchase Craig's book in our Bookshop Find out more about the Ngaio Marsh awards:Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode, Linda Hengerer is talking with Connie Berry. Connie Berry is the author of the Kate Hamilton Mysteries, set in the UK and featuring an American antiques dealer with a gift for solving crimes. Like her protagonist, Connie was raised by antiques dealers who instilled in her a passion for history, fine art, and travel. During college she studied at the University of Freiburg in Germany and St. Clare's College, Oxford, where she fell under the spell of the British Isles. Besides reading and writing mysteries, Connie loves history, foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She lives in Ohio with her husband and adorable Shih Tzu, Emmie. Visit Connie's website for information about her books: connieberry.comBuy her new book, The Art of Betrayal, and sign up for her newsletter.Get to know Connie - The Tart Words Baker's Dozen:1. Plotter or Pantser? Combo?I'm a Plotser. I know where I'm going but not always how I'll get there.2. Tea or Coffee?COFFEE FIRST! (Sorry--I was shouting). Then a nice cup of tea.3. Beer, Wine, or Cocktails?Wine--cabernet or pinot noir. Sometimes a pretty cocktail, although they're full of calories. I'm trying to shed the COVID Ten.4. Snacks: Sweet or Savory?Savory. Salty.5. Indie Published, Traditionally Published, or Hybrid?Traditionally published.6. Strict Writing Schedule: Yes or NoI wish! That's something I'd like to develop one day when I have time to think about it.7. Strictly Computer or Mix It Up?Mostly computer, although I write scene ideas in pencil first.8. Daily Goal: Yes or NoNot really. I write in scenes and try to stop for the day at the end of a scene. Doesn't always work out.9. Formal Track Progress: Yes or noYes! I've developed a complicated chart with columns for chapter, scene, date, location, characters involved, a brief synopsis, pages in scene, and pages in the whole chapter. I'm not sure I could keep track of my plot without it.10. Special Writing Spot?I love to write while looking out over water, which usually means our cottage in northern Wisconsin. At home I write looking at a wall. I should hang one of those photo displayers on the water with photographs of water.11. Writer's Block?No, but I often have Writer's Procrastination. Writer's Block goes away when you start writing.12. File of Ideas: Yes or NoNot really, although when I begin a new book, I jot down all my ideas and then look for connections between them.13. Favorite Author(s)?I'll name the ones that come to mind: Elly Griffiths, Tana French, Charles Todd, Laurie R. King, Anthony Horowitz, Jodi Taylor, Christopher Fowler, Susan Hill, all the Golden Agers--especially Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Cyril Hare. As you can see, I read mostly mysteries set in the UK, which is also what I write. As Agatha said, “There's something about an English village.”
Last week I teased a sequel to 2019's The Nancys and today I have come to deliver.First some background…The Nancy's is the debut novel from RWR McDonald. Set in the fictional South Otago town of Riverstone the story follows eleven year old Tippy Chan, her Uncle Pike and his boyfriend Devon as they band together in homage to their favourite girl detective Nancy Drew to solve the brutal murder of Tippy's teacher.Yeah, you thought this might be a middle grade book based on the protagonist right? Think again.The Nancy's won the Ngaio Marsh award for a debut novel and garnered a slew of shortlistings, because, quite frankly, it is gorgeous.Jump forward to now and Tippy, Pike and Devon return in Nancy Business. The stakes are higher, the tone is darker, Tippy has a new haircut and don't even think of going near Devon with green!Get ready for a cosy mystery, with a queer heart and some real questions about what it means to be a part of a community.In Nancy Business Riverstone is rocked by an explosion at the Town Hall. Three people are killed and it looks like a local is the bomber. Straight away things feel darker than the last novel. The bombing happens on the anniversary of Tippy's father's death and this has brought back so much for her. She is now constantly in fear of more violence and of losing more people close to her.Pike and Devon are triumphant in their return to Riverstone but they two are hiding a darkness. Growing up Riverstone was never a place Pike could safe as a young gay man. Despite a level of fabulous acceptance with Devon by his side, the two are struggling to navigate the growth and maturing of their relationship. Could they really settle down in Riverstone?The undercurrent of Nancy Business is that communities have secrets and those secrets have consequences. Tippy is single minded in uncovering the truth but she's also twelve years old. As she navigates the various stories of her town she is learning that some secrets are not hers to tell.RWR McDonald's expanding Nancys universe is an absolute delight. The first thing I want to say is start with The Nancys. Nancy Business is a stand alone story but there is so much to both why not start at the beginning.Riding along with Tippy you'll find yourself wondering at the mix of genres McDonald is working (actually to be fair you probably won't - his writing is seamless and you'll likely be buckled in for the ride). The story feels like it should be YA and why not. I'm not going to stop any YA or other acronym for a loosely defined age demographic. But many of the themes of Nancy Business also feel like maybe a twelve year shouldn't be… but then that's the point; young adults always have and always will have to deal with these (scare quotes) adult themes. As much as Pike and Devon check in with Tippy it's also them as so-called adults who need a hug and a bit of a moment to deal with the trauma.Nancy Business is terrific - the dialogue is tighter than Devon's hot pants and the characters are the sort that make you want to move to their town (just as soon as they sort out all the death)
New Zealand crime writer VANDA SYMON Chats to Paul Burke about her new Sam Shephard novel, BOUND, fourth in the Dunedin set series. Also 'Yeah-Noir', writing as a young mother, misogyny, science & the modern detective and Ngaio Marsh.Bound: The New Zealand city of Dunedin is rocked when a wealthy and apparently respectable businessman is murdered in his luxurious home while his wife is bound and gagged, and forced to watch. But when Detective Sam Shephard and her team start investigating the case, they discover that the victim had links with some dubious characters. The case seems cut and dried, but Sam has other ideas. Weighed down by her dad's terminal cancer diagnosis, and by complications in her relationship with Paul, she needs a distraction, and launches her own investigation. And when another murder throws the official case into chaos, it's up to Sam to prove that the killer is someone no one could ever suspect.Vanda Symon is a crime writer, TV presenter and radio host from Dunedin, New Zealand, and the chair of the Otago Southland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors. The Sam Shephard series has climbed to number one on the New Zealand bestseller list, and also been shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award for best crime novel. She currently lives in Dunedin, with her husband and two sons.Produced by: Jem & Son, Paul Burke.Music credits: Don't Wait by Southgate and LeighPaul Burke twitter @paulodaburkaCrimeTimeTo buy this book: BOUND
This week on the show join host Kaitlyn McCluskie and guest Luke Fields to discuss Death on the Air by Ngaio Marsh. This story takes place in the home of Septimus Tonks who is an avid radio listener. On the morning of Christmas day he is found electrocuted by his maid! Listen to find how this could have happened and try to guess who did it... Check out Luke's Agatha Christie meme account! @christie_memes Get show updates on instagram: @TuesdayNightMysteryClub Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tuesdaynightmysteryclub
Join us for this rum*-laden dramatic mystery, perfect for anyone craving a thespy treat- Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen. *Not the drink. It's the 'rum' of the very first episode, Mes Amies. We talk through Mystery Business including a TV tip from a former chucklehead (police officer). In Case Notes, we plot how to use murder mystery advice in the next stage of investigation. In Queens of Crime, Ngaio Marsh receives her crown. Ngaio Marsh is (incredibly) still New Zealand's bestselling author today. We also discuss the smell of the theatre, interval ice-creams and covert camera glasses. Mystery Mentions Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators- watch here Sebastian's best disguises The Mousetrap Opening Night- Ngaio Marsh (scored 14/20- pre-podcast) Murder Underground- Mavis Doriel Hay (Episode 2) Brunel Museum - scene of the 'missing salmon crime' The Christmas Egg- Mary Kelly (Episode 8) Colour Scheme- Ngaio Marsh AOB: Six the Musical, Find your local library (in the UK) Next book: The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 2- Murder Underground (also nostalgic for pre-lockdown London life) Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Nominate a Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.
For something a little different here’s a chat with Kiwi Craig Sisterson of Southern Cross Crime who champions Australian and New Zealand crime writers non-stop. Craig has turned his years of reviews and social posts from Southern Cross Crime into a book of the same name. Based in London, he’s a well-known face on the crime writing festival scene and founded the Ngaio Marsh awards for New Zealand writers. I came away from our chat excited to read more crime fiction from down under. Hope you do too! ---Your host is Emily Webb Emily is the author of Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who KillThanks to Craig Sisterson. You can find Southern Cross Crime on Twitter and on Facebook Purchase Craig’s book in our BookshopFind out more about the Ngaio Marsh awards:Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyThank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on the pod I am telling my first Ngaio Marsh story: A Man Lay Dead. Wynona joins me to try to guess this Golden Age Mystery with me and we both really enjoyed the story. We begin by meeting Nigel Bathgate who is travelling to Frantock with his older cousin Charles. It is Nigel's first time attending a house party at Frantock and he is looking forward to the company. upon all the guests arrival, it is announced that they will be playing Murders for the weekend. Listen to find out what this game entails, and what the outcome will be... For podcast updates, follow the show on Instagram: @TuesdayNightMysteryClub https://www.instagram.com/tuesdaynightmysteryclub/ Support the show on Patreon, now with weekly Character Lists: https://www.patreon.com/tuesdaynightmysteryclub Get a month free on podbean: https://www.podbean.com/mysteryclub
Permanent tracheal damage, Geoff Keigh3, and Dr. Wowy’s Pee Factory. Original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: 1. Previously on Insert Credit #10: What can we expect from the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie? (4:56) 2. Frank’s question: What do you say to someone who wants your career in video games? (10:17) 3. Remember E3? It’s back, in streaming digital presentation form! Is there no turning back now? (16:44) 4. If we define a perfect game as one which exhausts every satisfactory application of its core concept, which games fit that definition? (22:25) 5. The Adaptation Game: Saturday Night Live (28:43) 6. Patreon Supporter Meghan Murphy asks: what game has the best post-game? (35:27) 7. What’s the right amount of random chance to use in a video game? (42:20) 8. What are the greatest lengths to which you have ever gone to play a particular video game? (48:06) 9. What are the best bombs in video games? (53:40) 10. What is the finding a long, crispy french fry in your order of onion rings of video games? (59:16) LIGHTNING ROUND: Playing Flavorites: Mega Man Robot Masters (01:05:13) A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Wind Waker Seagulls Big Bird's Hide and Speak Caroll Spinney Bloodborne's Carrion Crows Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Jordan Vogt-Roberts Indivisible animated series Friend of the show Laura Michet Lupin Stroopwafel 2006 Kentia Hall walkthrough GP32 The Lost Vikings Tetris 99 Tetris 2 Adventures of Lolo 2 R-Type Final Unreal Metahumans StageFright (1987) Nothing But Trouble (1991) A Man Lay Dead Enter a Murderer, the actual Ngaio Marsh novel tim was referencing Plan 9 from Outer Space (video game) Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime GDC 2010: Metaphysics of Game Design by Will Wright Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising GDC Classic Games Postmortem 'Civilization' by Sid Meier Vandal Hearts Recovering Nintendo's Lost SimCity for the NES by Frank Cifaldi Housemarque Suzuki Bakuhatsu Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen Mega Man Robot Masters Raid on Bungeling Bay Young Willie Nelson Willie Nelson song in Red Dead Redemption 2 Recommendations: Brandon: The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) Frank: Classic Game Postmortem - Raid on Bungeling Bay by Will Wright Jaffe: Toast of London
This Review Season on Death of The Reader has been a nasty one, with stories new and old vying for the top spot, and with two entries Ngaio Marsh is almost cheating, but there's one big difference with this novel. Money in the Morgue was conceived by the late Ngaio Marsh but continued and completed by Stella Duffy, who we had the absolute pleasure of interrogating about the process recently on Death of the Reader. The story takes place in the New Zealand wilderness, as a storm approaches and threatens to seal off a military hospital camp from the outside world, we are challenged by the combined wits of Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy to penetrate this closed circle of suspects when a murder most foul is committed within the camp walls.
Ngaio Marsh was a kiwi crime novelist who became one of the famous four 'Queens of Crime' in the mid 20th Century. Always a bit of an outsider, Marsh's sexuality has often been the subject of conjecture. In this interview with Andrew Whiteside, author Joanne Drayton discusses the life of the crime novelist.
Coming in 15th place for our review list, Opening Night at the Vulcan is most renowned among Dame Ngaio Marsh's works for revitalising the theatre scene in New Zealand, and this ultimately leading to Marsh being appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1966. Why has the novel placed so low on our list then? Within, we lower the curtain on the answer to this question.
Vicky Goldie reveals how working for RNIB and her own personal circumstances informed the character of her blind detective. Paul Mylrea reviews Ngaio Marsh's 'Scales of Justice'. Tim Finch discusses his novel Peace Talks, which has been short listed for the Costa Award. And Anna Bell shares a cautionary tale in her new rom com We Just Clicked.
Full spoilers in this one! We finally got the chance to sit down with Stella Duffy to chat about her amazing work with Money in the Morgue. After the team at Harper Collins approached her with just four chapters and notes from an incomplete Ngaio Marsh novel, she managed to work it into a brilliantly authentic love-letter to Marsh while bringing her work comfortably in the modern day. We talk about how the project came about, how much free reign there was, and how important the original work of Marsh was to the project.
Australian and New Zealand crime and thriller writing is booming globally, with antipodean authors regularly featuring on awards and bestseller lists across Europe and North America, and overseas readers and publishers looking more and more to tales from lands Down Under. Hailing from two sparsely populated nations on the far edge of the former Empire - neighbours that are siblings in spirit, vastly different in landscape - Australian and New Zealand crime writers offer readers a blend of exotic and familiar, seasoned by distinctive senses of place, outlook, and humour, and roots that trace to the earliest days of our genre. Southern Cross Crime is the first comprehensive guide to modern Australian and New Zealand crime writing. From coastal cities to the Outback, leading critic Craig Sisterson showcases key titles from more than 200 storytellers, plus screen dramas ranging from Mystery Road to Top of the Lake. Fascinating insights are added through in-depth interviews with some of the prime suspects who paved the way or instigated the global boom, including Jane Harper, Michael Robotham, Paul Cleave, Emma Viskic, Paul Thomas, and Candice Fox. In this episode, Craig Sisterson joins Gregory Dobbs to chat about how he began his love with crime, and his experiences founding the Ngaio Marsh awards and Rotura Noir. More about Southern Cross Crime: https://bit.ly/2UbPzvK
Australian and New Zealand crime and thriller writing is booming globally, with antipodean authors regularly featuring on awards and bestseller lists across Europe and North America, and overseas readers and publishers looking more and more to tales from lands Down Under.Hailing from two sparsely populated nations on the far edge of the former Empire - neighbours that are siblings in spirit, vastly different in landscape - Australian and New Zealand crime writers offer readers a blend of exotic and familiar, seasoned by distinctive senses of place, outlook, and humour, and roots that trace to the earliest days of our genre.Southern Cross Crime is the first comprehensive guide to modern Australian and New Zealand crime writing. From coastal cities to the Outback, leading critic Craig Sisterson showcases key titles from more than 200 storytellers, plus screen dramas ranging from Mystery Road to Top of the Lake. Fascinating insights are added through in-depth interviews with some of the prime suspects who paved the way or instigated the global boom, including Jane Harper, Michael Robotham, Paul Cleave, Emma Viskic, Paul Thomas, and Candice Fox.In this episode, Craig Sisterson joins Gregory Dobbs to chat about how he began his love with crime, and his experiences founding the Ngaio Marsh awards and Rotura Noir. More about Southern Cross Crime: https://bit.ly/2UbPzvK
Simon Morris speaks to the winners of the Ngaio Marsh crime writing awards which are to be announced on Saturday the 31st of October at the Word Christchurch Festival. Becky Manawatu won the award for best crime writing for her novel Auē and R.W.R. McDonald has picked up the award for best new crime writing with his debut novel The Nancy's. They both speak to Simon Morris about the wide world of crime fiction in 2021.
We have a long chat with Craig Sisterton about his new book Southern Cross Crime, as well as the Southern Cross scene itself! Craig is the expert when it comes to Australian and New Zealand Crime, having spent more than a decade reviewing the field, as well as founding the Ngaio Marsh Awards and Rotorua Noir. We talk about the evolution of the community in Australia and New Zealand, the importance of awards, as well as how much more open the world at large is becoming to our antipodean style of crime. We also speak about how Jock Serong's The Rules of Backyard Cricket has managed to be so impactful, and how wonderful the writing is.
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Award-winning author, editor, and scholar Delia Sherman talks about reading old French newspapers and memoirs; the rewards of research; listening to audiobooks during long walks (including a lot of Dickens!); the orderly appeal of good murder mysteries from Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and others; missing out on being a teenager; and how political themes are finding their way into her novel in progress. Books mentioned include: The Porcelain Dove by Delia Sherman The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E Kinsey Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Bleak House by Charles Dickens The Phryne Fisher Series by Kerry Greenwood
Ngaio Marsh is best known for her novels about Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn. This collection features short fiction - some with Alleyn, some with other characters, and most are likely to be unfamiliar to her fans..
Featuring: Stella Duffy, Jane Harper, Vanda Symon, Christian White and Chair Craig Sisterson. Slap on the sunscreen. You’ll need it for the glare of the hottest crime wave. Down Under authors are on top of the world, marching to a different beat under the midday heat. Take a long-haul flight with writer and theatre-maker, Stella Duffy, torchbearer of the legendary Ngaio Marsh. Jane Harper makes mouths dry with anticipation, a force of nature on the bestseller lists. Vanda Symon is behind the #1 New Zealand bestselling Sam Shephard series. Christian White is the dynamo from down under with his award-winning debut, The Nowhere Child. Kiwi Journalist Craig Sisterson keeps it cool as Chair. Antipodean Noir was recorded live at Harrogate International Festivals' Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in July 2019. Jane Harper's book The Lost Man has been shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2020. Vote for The Lost Man, and discover the full shortlist at www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com Podcast music by Joseph McDade.
To mark what would have been New Zealand crime writer and theatre director Dame Ngaio Marsh's 125th birthday, we speak to biographer Bruce Harding.
Agatha Christie. Dorothy L. Sayers. Margery Allingham. Think you know all the Queens of Crime? Think again. Today on The Whodunnit Show, I delve into a novel written by the forgotten Crime Queen, Ngaio Marsh. The book is Died in the Wool and features Marsh's gentleman sleuth Roderick Alleyn investigating a cold case and Nazi spies in war-torn New Zealand. Join me as I carry on an investigation of our own into one of the most prolific mystery writers of all time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We discuss chapters 1-5 of Opening Night, or Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh. As the Vulcan Theatre prepares to open for its' first production in a long time, The Revisit, Martyn Tarne is faced with a theatre that seems to have a sinister life of its' own. As the backstage politics of the cast starts to cause turmoil, can the production go ahead, and can Herds even find a mystery to solve? We also speak with friend of the show and independent playwright and producer Andrew Fallon to talk more about how the living theatre affects the works performed inside.
We discuss chapters 6-7 of Opening Night, or Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh. As our murder finally takes place, Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn finally shows up to solve the murder of Bennington, a crime seemingly copycatting the murder that previously closed the Vulcan Theatre years ago. With only a couple of chapters of clues, can Herds pull through using symbolism as a weapon and take his points? We also speak with Chris Hamilton, President of the Hunters Hill Theatre, about crime fiction's ties to the theatre, as well as Hunters Hill Theatre's production of Agatha Christie's legendary play The Mousetrap.
We discuss chapters 8-11 of Opening Night, or Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh. As our interrogations lead towards a crawling solution, Flex unveils the real reason for the breakup of the book in this case, as an interesting setup starts to peel back, revealing a hollow interior. How did this book lead to Ngaio Marsh being Damed? Has it held up? We also speak with author Peter Swanson about his latest book, Eight Perfect Murders, or Rules for Perfect Murders, and the resurgence of crime fiction seemingly centered from his home turf.
We discuss chapters 24-37 of Money in the Morgue by Stella Duffy and Ngaio Marsh. As the conspiracy behind the crime unravels, two separate mysteries bubble to the surface, taking Alleyn and his allies beneath the hospital into tunnels that would have Father Knox scratching his head. We also talk with Dr. Jamie Bernthall-Hooker about his studies of the golden age, the reworking Stella Duffy did of Alleyn, and the stage implications of Money in the Morgue.
We discuss chapters 12-23 of Money in the Morgue by Stella Duffy and Ngaio Marsh. As Alleyn takes each and every suspect in for questioning, the puzzle only gets more and more unclear. As the personal struggles of the cast start to take Alleyn's mind away from the case, can Flex piece together a solution sane enough to work?
We discuss the first 11 chapters of Money in the Morgue by Stella Duffy and Ngaio Marsh. Taking the first 3 chapters left behind by Dame Ngaio Marsh, and turning it into a full novel, Stella Duffy bridges Roderick Alleyn into the world of modern crime fiction, as he finds himself investigating a curious conspiracy in a country hospital in WW2 New Zealand. Transforming Marsh's draft into a well-written novel with tribute aplenty to the golden ages of theatre and crime fiction, Stella Duffy seemingly achieves the impossible. We also discuss the upcoming news in Crime Fiction and Mystery, so you can find some new reads!
Our first Queen of Crime is Ngaio Marsh, who was a prolific New Zealand author of the Golden Age, penning 32 books featuring her dapper detective "Handsome Alleyn," as well as a plethora of short stories, stage plays, and non-fiction. We have chosen her witty and surprising novel A Surfeit of Lampreys to hook you in to her work, if you happen to be unfamiliar with it. It's a good one!You can learn more about Ngaio Marsh here. Here is a link to the Ngaio Marsh Theatre at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch NZ, and here is a link to the Ngaio Marsh House and Heritage Trust. We think it's gross, but if you want to learn more about jewellery made out of human hair, have at 'er. Here is a link to Ngaio Marsh's autobiography, Black Beech and Honeydew.You can read all about how King Henry I was killed by a surfeit of lampreys here. While we're at it, let's get some background on humorism, and also on lampreys. And, just to get even more macabre, here is an article about The Hand of Glory. No one expects The Hand of Glory!Thanks as always to Rob Muir for our theme song, original intro music and all things audio. And thanks to you for listening!
Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMax Wirestone is the writer of the Dahlia Moss mystery series. He's also a librarian by day, a dad by night, and a ne'er-do-well in most of the times in between. He lives in Kansas with his husband, son, and altogether too many books. We explore his mysteries set in the gaming community as well as the the 4 queens of crime: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham.Contact info:https://maxwirestone.com/https://twitter.com/maxwiresThank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com
Novelist Abbi Waxman makes us laugh talking process and inspiration almost as much as we do when reading her books, with emphasis on using settings you know and love.Our transcription assistant reports that this was “her favorite episode ever.” It’s definitely a contender—Abbi Waxman is funny and candid about the challenges of creating characters and worlds that are engrossingly real yet also comical—and about her next novel, the first one not fully set in her California ‘hood. Episode links and a transcript follow—but first, you don’t want to miss the #WritersTopFive that will be dropping into #AmWriting supporter inboxes on Monday, October 28, 2019: Top 5 Goodreads Secrets for Authors. It’s a good one! If you haven’t yet plunked down a tiny chunk of cash to support the podcast, maybe now is the time. Support the podcast you love AND get weekly #WriterTopFives with actionable advice you can use for just $7 a month. As always, this episode (and every episode) will appear for all subscribers in your usual podcast listening places, totally free as the #AmWriting Podcast has always been. This shownotes email is free, too, so please—forward it to a friend, and if you haven’t already, join our email list and be on top of it with the shownotes and a transcript every time there’s a new episode. LINKS FROM THE PODCAST#AmReading (Watching, Listening)Abbi: A Miss Silver Mystery: Lonesome Road (#3), Patricia WentworthJess: Home, Run Away, Harlan CobenKJ: Confessions of a Bookseller, Shaun BythellThree Things You Need to Know about Rockets: A Real-Life Scottish Romance, Jessica A. FoxThe Gyrth Chalice Mystery, Margery Allingham#FaveIndieBookstoreChevalier’s Books Los Angeles, CA — if you’ve read Nina Hill, this is the real life bookstore she works in, and we love that. Our guest for this episode is Abbi Waxman. Abbi is the author of:The Bookish Life of Nina HillOther People’s HousesThe Garden of Small BeginningsThis episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingfor details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s Inside-Outline template.Find more about Jess here, Sarina here and about KJ here.If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship.Transcript (We use an AI service for transcription, and while we do clean it up a bit, some errors are the price of admission here. We hope it’s still helpful—and, this time around, Jess is “New Speaker.” We don’t know why. AI is mysterious.)KJ: 00:01 Hey writers—you all know we love our sponsor, Author Accelerator, which offers intense book coaching to help writers keep their butts in the chair and their heads in the game and finish what we start. But what if you’re not ready for full on coaching? What if you’re still trying to figure out where your story or memoir is going, and you need help? In that case, Author Accelerator has something new: the four-week Inside Outline Coaching program, which will help you quickly and efficiently visualize your entire story, spot the holes and places where your characters have lost momentum and ensure that you’re working forward with a structure that will support the story you want to tell. I love this tool, and working with someone to stick to it and get it right is going to save you a lot of time and a lot of typing. Find out more at https://www.authoraccelerator.com/insideoutline.New Speaker: 00:01 Go ahead.KJ: 00:01 This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone like I don't remember what I was supposed to be doing.New Speaker: 00:01 All right, let's start over.KJ: 00:01 Awkward pause, I'm going to rustle some papers.New Speaker: 00:01 Okay.KJ: 00:01 Now one, two, three. Hey, I'm KJ Dell'Antonia and this is #AmWriting. The podcast about writing, which is pretty much why we named it that. We are a podcast about writing all things - fictional, non-fictional, proposals, pitches, writing emails in the quest to get an agent, and I've run out of my list, but it's one I give you guys weekly and as I hope you know, we are the podcast about sitting down and getting your work done.New Speaker: 01:50 And I'm Jess Lahey. I'm the author of the Gift of Failure and a book I just turned in on preventing substance abuse in kids. And you can find me at the New York Times, and the Atlantic, and the Washington Post .KJ: 02:03 You're killing it. This actually is your due date and I'm so delighted.New Speaker: 02:08 I'm a little bit giddy today.KJ: 02:11 You should be. I am KJ Dell'Antonia, author of a novel coming out next year, The Chicken Sisters, and of How To Be a Happier Parent, former editor of the Motherlode blog at the New York Times, where I'm still a reasonably regular contributor, and at the moment working on novel number two. And I am delighted to say that we have a guest today. So before I introduce her, since she's sitting there silently, I will just say, 'Hi Abby.'Abbi: 02:39 I wasn't sure if I should be making little chicken noises in the background. It's probably a good idea for me to sit excitedly until prompted.KJ: 02:55 Abbi is the author of three novels, all of which I've totally enjoyed and I believe have recommended at one point or another on the podcast. They are - I'll go in backwards order - her most recent novel is The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, preceded by Other People's Houses. And then, gosh, there ought to be another word for this - preceded by The Garden of Small Beginnings. I would call them comic, commercial fiction, with plenty of snark and a little tiny touch of the darkness of life, and our huge fun. And we're so glad to have you.Abbi: 03:36 It is my pleasure to be here.KJ: 03:38 Thank you.New Speaker: 03:41 I have to say, she's been so excited to talk to you. So the fact that she's just overflowing with questions...KJ: 03:52 I've really enjoyed The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. And I want to go back and talk about - I guess what we like to do when we have a guest is go just a little bit back into your career. A lot of our listeners are somewhere sort of mid-career, a lot of them are just getting started, and everybody wants to know things like - how did you get started? I know that you were in advertising, so I think my question is what's the first thing you wrote that wasn't advertising that you got paid for?Abbi: 04:27 So yeah, I worked in advertising for a long time. But I always knew that I wanted to write books, ultimately. But that's because that's what I saw growing up. My mother was a murder mystery writer. My biological dad was also in advertising. My stepfather was not a writer, so this is just what I saw grown ups doing a lot of the time and certainly that's what I thought mothers did. So, I had a career, I had my own agency for a while ,and then I decided I wanted to quit that, write books, and have children. Which those two things are inextricably linked in my head. The problem being, of course, having children is a hundred percent contra-indicated if what you're trying to do is actually get work done. So it took me a very long time to write my first novel and then subsequent ones were much quicker because I didn't have three kids under five in the house. But while I had those three small kids and I wasn't being super successful at finishing my own work, I got hired to ghost write a novel for a celebrity, who shall remain nameless.KJ: 05:36 And that's always such a bummer, but we know that's the way it works.Abbi: 05:39 That's the way it works. So I wrote a novel, a piece of fiction for this person and my name wasn't on the cover, but it was on the check and that's all I really actually care about. So that was good. Not that all I care about is money, far be it for me to suggest I am just venal in that way, but I do enjoy making money for my work. Because I did it for free for so long that it is still very pleasant to get paid for it.KJ: 06:08 I'm impressed that it was a whole novel.Abbi: 06:11 Well, before I wrote that one, I had written several novels that were too crap to see the light of day. So finishing a novel was a sort of a barrier I'd already cracked. Finishing a good novel was one that you could argue I haven't yet cracked, but which I'm working on.KJ: 06:29 We will not argue that. How did you convince a celebrity and a publishing company that you could do the novel for the celebrity?Abbi: 06:40 You know, it's a mystery, to this day. So I have a friend whose name is Hillary Liftin, who is a very successful ghost writer of both (she writes fiction herself and she writes nonfiction books with celebrities) and she's written dozens of them and she's really, really good at it. And she recommended me to an agent who approached her about writing this piece of fiction. And she said, 'No, no, but you should have my friend Abbi do it.' I don't even remember writing a proposal. So I had to go and meet - there's actually a good story attached to this, but I don't know if I can tell it without revealing it. So I went to meet with this celebrity, along with several other writers (not at the same time, although that would have been hilarious), but one after the other. And she had us meet her at Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, which is just just right there. I was so happy to even be doing this because it was so ludicrous. It is so incredibly Hollywood and I was just like, it's ridiculous. So I show up wearing my jeans, my Target T-shirt, and the one cool jacket that I possessed and could still fit into. Cause I worked hard on gaining weight after I had my kids and I was very successful at it. And so I squeezed into these clothes, I go in, the first thing she says to me (she's tiny, tiny little celebrity as they all are all) 'Oh, I love your T-shirt.' And I said, 'I got it at Target.' So literally that was my opening - I got it at Target, which you think would be enough to end the whole thing. And so she arrived. She walks in just before I get there, I see her walk in and she literally asks whatever you call the person at Chateau Marmont who's in charge of helping celebrities deal with their lives, She's like, 'I need breakfast cereal.' And he sent someone out to shop for breakfast cereal for her so that she could have (I nearly swore) Captain Crunch at like 11 o'clock on a whatever day it at the Chateau.New Speaker: 08:57 That's really impressive. I actually was going to tell you the last time I got a compliment from a celebrity, I actually said, 'I got it at a garage sale.' And it was about an article of clothing, so I can actually one up on that one. Yeah, it came out of my mouth and I said, 'Oh, that, that wasn't what I meant to say.'Abbi: 09:19 But at the same time, you know, I don't know, do celebrities shop at Target? I'm sure they do, everybody shops at Target, everybody shops at garage sales. I would feel much worse saying, 'Yes, it's Gucci.' Like that would not fly. So, you know, it is what it is. So anyways, so she interviewed me and a load of other people, and the funny part is that I didn't hear anything for weeks. So I was like, 'Okay, whatever.' Then I get a call that she had told her manager who was sitting there that she wanted this other person whose name I won't say, but she got on the phone with this other writer and then 15 minutes into the conversation she suddenly goes, 'Oh wait, I have to go.' and hung up on this other writer. Because it turned out she didn't want that writer, she wanted me, but she had mixed us up. I imagine she said, 'The English one.' But this other writer was also English. So this poor woman (who it turns out also knows Hilary Liftin, my friend) was like, 'Yeah, it was the weirdest thing. We were talking and all of a sudden she's like, 'Sorry, my shoes are on fire.' and hung up on me and I never heard another word because of course she didn't have the balls to actually say, 'Oh my God, I've made a terrible mistake. I do apologize.'KJ: 11:06 Celebrities, they're just like us, only ruder.Abbi: 11:20 So then I met with her, we talked about her ideas for the book, and then I wrote it in six weeks. So there you go.KJ: 11:28 And from there - straight into your own novels or were there any pit stops along the way?Abbi: 11:34 I started doing a second novel for her and she wasn't happy with what I had done, and I had already done quite a bit, so my agent was like, 'Okay, well she'll start over, but of course it will cost you more money.' And she's like, 'Well, I don't want to pay any more money.' And I said, 'Then I don't want to write any more words.' And so that's how that happened. And so then The Garden of Small Beginnings got written and that agent and I came to a parting of the ways, cause we had a different point of views on what should happen with the book. And then I actually put that book away for a year or two and tried to write screenplays and get involved with TV, had minor, minor encouragement in that direction, which then didn't come to pass. And so I was like blow this, I'm going back to writing books where the only a*****e I have to deal with this is myself. And so that's what I did. And then I got a new agent, a wonderful agent who agreed with me about the book. And the rest is history.KJ: 12:39 Same agent, all three books?Abbi: 12:40 Same agent, all three books, and the fourth which I just handed in and two more that I'm on the hook for. So I have two more to go.KJ: 12:48 When's the fourth one coming out?Abbi: 12:49 Presumably next spring/summer.KJ: 12:52 Ah, excellent, we shall be together.Abbi: 12:55 Well at the moment, I still think it's a piece of s**t. So that is always what happens. I'm like, 'This is it. My career is over. Every time.'KJ: 13:07 You don't feel like you're getting better? So I read them in this order: first, The Garden of Small Beginnings (because I read that one I suspect right around when it came out), then, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (obviously sometime later), then back to Other People's Houses. I mean, they were all extremely fun and there's something in particular I want to ask you about, but I would say you're definitely building skill. You're not feeling that?Abbi: 13:36 No, I do feel that. I feel like every time I write something it's better than what I've written before. But what I'm not building in is necessarily confidence about it once when it's too close. So when I had it in Nina, I was like, 'It's a piece of crap.' And then by the time it came out and I went back and looked at it again, I was like, 'Oh. No, it's all right. It's all right.' And there were even bits, you know, when you read something that you're like, 'Wow, that's really good. I have no idea who wrote that part because I don't remember writing that part.' You know, there are more of those each time. So that I guess is good. But I find that the gap between what it's going to be in my head and what it ends up on paper, that doesn't seem to get a great deal smaller. I'm always a little bit like, 'That was not what I was really going for and part of the time it's because I'm not capable of doing what I think I can do. And part of it is just that the writing process itself changes the nature of the idea. Right? Like different things come out on paper and you follow that direction and it's not quite what you had in mind originally, but you know, it's still better than ice fishing.'.New Speaker: 14:44 It's the same for nonfiction. Nonfiction works the same, I always quote Mary Roach. You know, I usually have an idea about something I'd like to research and possibly write about. And then Mary Roach refers to this period of time as a 'research flail' that she flails about in the research for a couple of months and then figures out what the book might be and that gap is always really hard for me cause you have to take that leap of faith that words will end up on the page on the other side. So definitely, nonfiction and fiction seem to have that similarity to them.Abbi: 15:19 Yeah. I mean I think any large project, even if it's not writing, like you build a house, or you have a child and you have this idea of what it's going to be. But then the actual everyday practicalities of creating something change the nature of the finished product itself.New Speaker: 15:38 Yeah, absolutely.Abbi: 15:52 You know, the book itself (this is going to sound ridiculous), but the book itself has sort of an influence, you know what I mean? Like it takes on a life of its own and the characters do what the characters do. And so you just have to sort of trail along.KJ: 16:19 So what is your process around that? Sarina who isn't with us today and I, and now Jess, who's gonna go in for some fiction next, have been talking a lot about what we plan ahead of time, what we don't plan ahead of time. It seems to vary a little bit. What's your process look like?Abbi: 16:40 It's cracked.KJ: 16:41 You'd recommend it then?Abbi: 16:44 I am writing a book about it now because it really needs to be down on paper. No, it's terrible. My process is that I have an idea about, that's usually a character idea or a situation. So for example, the book I just wrote that I just finished, which at the moment is called Mothers, Daughters, and Unexpected Outcomes, which is a title that was sort of arrived at by a huge number of people.KJ: 17:12 Oh, good. Titling by committee.Abbi: 17:14 But I'm sure it's a great title. It's gonna be great. Anyway, the point is - that book was inspired by my real life experience that I know we all share, of that moment where you realize that the child you've been raising for the past 13, 14 years has suddenly turned into a totally different person and all the skills that you've gathered raising that child up until that point are completely useless. So you have to sort of come up with a whole new way of trying to relate to this person, who is now a different person, and who you respect and love, but who is deeply freaking irritating and annoying and bumptious and narcissistic and...KJ: 17:57 And knows where all your buttons are. And still hesitates not to press them.Abbi: 18:03 No, leans on them in fact. So that's what this book is about. So my process was, I want to write about the period I'm in right now. And the situation I set up was the woman and her teenage daughter are taking a college tour. So that was the structure of the book. I'm going to take them away from home, they're going to be on their own together with another group of parents taking this group college tour up the East coast. So that gave me my structure and then I just have at it. So what usually happens is, I write the first 10 - 15,000 words in a froth of excitement and confidence. Then I come up against whatever the floor in my original idea was and flail around flailing big, an excellent word for the process. Flail around and freak out and panic and that panic period lasts usually a week or two. Then I write everything. I've got down so far on index cards and stick them up on a noticeboard and stare at them for a while. Then I decided to work out what the next 10,000 words are going to do. I work that out, I write those, then I panic. Do it again, rinse and repeat. So that's basically my processes. Write a chunk, freak out, write it down, look at it, try and come up with what the next bit is going to be, write that, it changes, panic. It's lurching, it's sort of like the progress of a drunk person trying to get home. I lurched from lamppost to lamppost and then eventually I get there. It's good, right? You like it, right? You feel inspired, right?KJ: 19:38 Yeah. I think you should patent it because it works really well.Abbi: 19:42 The panicky lamppost process.KJ: 19:45 So, it sounds like you start from an emotion. Like a mental place where your people are, kind of. But one of the things that really strikes me about your books is that your people are always very much in a really defined physical place. And I don't mean like, I know that the bookstore has blue walls. I mean, it's almost like workplace fiction. Like The Garden of Small Beginnings had this very strong, not just gardened theme, but this sort of teaching, the placement of the garden and the thing the person was doing. And then Other People's Houses had that neighborhood setting. And it was a really distinct California neighborhood. And then The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, same sort of city bookstore.Abbi: 20:36 Same neighborhood. All three of the first three books are all set in the same neighborhood.KJ: 20:40 Yeah. I thought so, but it's not the neighborhood so much as they all have such a really strong setting for the action. And I wondered when that comes into play. Well, and you're leaving that too, if they're all heading out.Abbi: 21:04 Oh no, that's why this next one is a piece of crap. So, here's the thing. I struggle with structure. I feel like that's my weakness as a writer. I think I'm good at characters, I like writing dialogue, but I really struggle with plot and structure. And so in order to try and help myself, you will notice I always create this structure, this sort of artificial structure that I then lean on. So, in The Garden of Small Beginnings, she was taking a gardening course. I was able to break up the book by these lessons, right? So it sort of gives me a calendar and a structure to cling to. And then I separated each section. So each lesson, each class, was sort of a break, and then there would be another set of action as a result. The second one, Other People's Houses, she had to take the kids to school every day, right? So she was carpooling these kids to school and the sort of going from house to house gave me the structure I wanted. And then Nina, she had a planner, right? The action of the book takes place over a number of weeks during the summer. And so that gives me the structure and so then I can sort of cling and we're back to lampposts again. Then I can cling to the structure and move the story along sort of forcibly. And that's just my anxious cheater's way of giving the book some kind of structure because I feel like my plots aren't strong enough. Very little happens in my books, like they are not plot-driven because I'm not really interested in that. I love reading it, and I admire it in other writers, but I'm not very good at it myself. And I'm much more interested in the action that's going on between your ears as you drive your kids to school each day than I am in how you actually got to school because that's what's interesting to me.KJ: 23:00 That is funny that you would say that because I would say the same thing about what I write. And I've always felt it as sort of a flaw, but I would not have said it about your work as a reader. I see your point, nothing blows up. Although in Other People's Houses, it kind of does. That one's got a pretty clear plot high point. I feel like that whole plot driven structure thing is a very masculine way of looking at book structure.New Speaker: 23:41 Right. I agree.KJ: 23:43 It's very external.Abbi: 23:44 It is very external, and I'm not interested in external stuff. I'm much more interested in relationships between people, conversations that you have in the normal course of the day, the small conversations you have with strangers, and the gap between what you're thinking and what you're saying, and also the gap between what you are presenting and what is really going on. The gap between your inside and your outside. That's what interests me as a person, as a human being. And so that's what I tend to write about. And then I tried to write about kids and dogs because I like kids and dogs.KJ: 24:18 Now how about the funny? Your books are funny. Especially Nina Hill. I mean, I think I laughed out loud multiple times at the end as they're sort of lurching around. It had that fun, tastic, caper feel. Do you feel that when you're writing it, do you plan it? How do you make that happen? Come on, give us the secret.Abbi: 24:57 Well, as you can tell from talking to me, I am just naturally a laugh riot and a charismatic maelstrom of humor. And so, it just comes out that way. No, I just can't take everything very seriously. And so when I'm writing I just can't take it seriously. I've tried writing serious books and I fail. I could just can't do it because I think most things are funny. Most things are ridiculous. Life is just a series of ridiculous predicaments. And so that's what I tend to write about.KJ: 25:34 And you do it very well.Abbi: 25:36 That's very kind of you to say.KJ: 25:39 So you were talking earlier about novels in the drawer. I think all of us would love to know how many it took you to get to the point where you could get one out.Abbi: 25:50 Okay. So I wrote two complete novels that were s**t. And I also wrote probably three movie screenplays that were crap and a TV pilot that nearly got made. So that I guess was marginally better. And which is now going to be the basis of the book I'm writing next. Yeah, so several. The very first one I wrote, I literally threw away. Like, I don't have it anymore. It was written 17 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child and it was pretty poor. And so I threw that one away completely. The second one I kept in a drawer. Well, not really a drawer but you know a folder on the desktop. And I tend to keep everything because I have many, many starts as well. As I said before, I seem to be able to write 12 to 15,000 words.KJ: 26:52 I was going to ask you how many of those sort of frothy beginnings - cause that's the hard part for a lot of writers is getting paid. So many people have like a really polished first three chapters or a lot of really enthusiastic bursty first three chapters. But it's, it's sitting down and going, okay, I'm gonna make this work. Do you have anything to say about the first time you managed to bring that off? Did someone lock you in a room?Abbi: 27:25 I was pregnant and bored and this was before the internet was really as interesting as it is now. So I didn't really have much to do. It was after September 11th I was pregnant with Julia, my eldest. We were in New York when September 11th happened. And then we went and lived with a friend in Berkeley for six weeks. And it was during that period of time that I finished the first piece of crap. I don't know, I think that's where being a professional comes in. Is that you can't just write the parts that are fun and easy. You have to just keep writing. I write every day. Often I say I write every day, I want to write every day, and I set out to write every day. But because of life, often I end up taking someone to the dentist or picking up groceries. So life trumps my work in a way that I think sometimes is something that women suffer from more than men. Not because of any inherent sexism, God forbid that there was any suggestion that there is any institutionalized sexism at work. It does appear to be a kind of expectation, that apparently I've bought into, that if some little child needs to go to the doctor, it's me that does it. So, work gets trumped all the time. But less and less as my kids get older and less and less as I get more bolshy. And so, I go and work every day, ideally. And you just keep plugging along.KJ: 29:02 But you were able to tell yourself this is what professionals do. It sounds like - before anyone was telling you that with a paycheck.Abbi: 29:10 Oh yeah.KJ: 29:10 That's hard for a lot of people.Abbi: 29:11 Bear in mind, I worked as a writer in advertising. So I was getting paid to write for decade and a half. So putting words on paper and getting a paycheck was something that I'd always done. And so I treated it that way. And advertising is also a great training for writers because you get used to throwing your work away and you get used to starting over. Like over and over and over and over again. And usually you work relatively hard on something and then someone will s**t all over it and you're like, 'Okay.' And you tear it up and start over. And after a while, that becomes just part of the process, and that's why it's such good training. Like journalism, like any career where you're basically selling words and other people, who haven't written them, have power to buy or sell them. So yeah, you get used to not caring so much and at the same time caring a lot. I don't know if that makes any sense, but you know what I mean? Being professional about it.KJ: 30:15 So we have a new question that I'm trying out on people. It's kind of a silly one, but what do you write in your head? I think all of us as writers wander around, sort of writing in our head constantly. What do you write in your head - when you're in the shower, or when you're lost in thought, or when you're driving kids to school? What are you writing in your head?Abbi: 30:38 At the moment? To be completely honest, I'm writing my eldest daughter's personal statement for her college applications.KJ: 30:46 That's an awesome answer.Abbi: 30:48 That is absolutely what I am writing and rewriting over and over again, which is unfortunate because I'm not actually the one who's writing the personal statements. Yeah. I have written bullet points for my child's personal statement many, many times on the way to the grocery store.KJ: 31:13 And I'm sure she's disregarded every single one.Abbi: 31:16 Oh, she's thrilled. She loves it when I come home and I burst into her room and I say, (well, after I've said what the hell happened in here?) Then I say, I've had some ideas for your personal statement and she sits up in bed and she, tugs out at least one of her ear bud things and says, 'Get out of my room.' Yup. Every time.KJ: 31:41 That's beautiful. It's really touching.Abbi: 31:43 It's a bonding moment. It's happened a lot lately. You know what it is, I don't even know that I'm writing as I'm driving around, but I'm always thinking about the book and sometimes I get an emotional feeling that I'm then trying to sort of get on paper. And so I'm always very happy when I'm driving around because I feel like I'm working, but I'm not actually producing anything.KJ: 32:12 Yeah, I write some amazing stuff on long drives, you wouldn't believe it. Yeah, it's good. It's really good. Then recently I tried turning on the notes app in my phone and (our friend Sarina, who has actually managed to do this successfully) I dictated a few of the great words that were in my head and I think that ended as we can all predict, which is that I did not even bother sending them...Jess: 32:39 I have my children email me or text me. Like if I have a kid in the car with me, I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, I just had an idea. I need you to email me with the words.' and I'll come up with some random string of words. And they look at me like, who are you?, What is it you do with your life? It's always really revealing.Abbi: 32:59 My children are amazed I've lived as long as I have. They're so perplexed that somehow I have managed to make it to nearly 50 when I'm clearly barely capable of getting through the day. You know, it's part of this mysterious force that keeps them moving forward. It's like we must find out what she is actually doing with her life.KJ: 33:25 We don't want them to have an answer. That's all. That's my theory, anyway. I'm hopefully just gonna remain a mystery to them for long enough that none of them writes a book about me.Abbi: 33:37 Oh, I'll be dead long before I hope.KJ: 33:43 Well, speaking of books we always like to let the guest go first. So let's do #AmReading. Have you read anything good lately or that you would recommend?Abbi: 33:54 When I'm writing, I can't read the genre that I'm writing. So I don't ever read fiction when I'm writing because I'm worried that I will steal from it or I'm just will become so despondent that this other person is doing it so much better that I will be unable to continue. So, my favorite genre is murder mysteries, which is what I grew up reading, cause that's what my mother did. And so when I am left to my own devices, I will go back and read golden age mysteries, like Agatha Christie, Patricia Wentworth, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, etc. I am reading a Miss Silver mystery, which is Patricia Wentworth. And I couldn't be happier, I just go back over and over. Nero Wolfe, which is actually an American guy writer. I love those books and I've read them all 50 times and I will read them all 50 times more.KJ: 34:59 I have shelves and shelves and shelves. Which Patricia Wentworth are you savoring at the moment?Abbi: 35:05 I believe this one I'm reading is called Lonesome Road. I'm also terrible in general at titles. But they're all good and I love the Nero Wolfe mysteries. I think they're perfect. Just constructionist perfect.KJ: 35:36 So fun and such a great place to just go back and refresh and cleanse. There are some great people writing murder mysteries now, but I just tend to go back and reread them. It sounds like you do too.Abbi: 35:52 All the time. All the time. And I'll try not to, like right now I'm not reading Nero Wolfe's because I've read them so many times that I'm trying to forget some of it. But the problem is as soon as you start the book, you're like, no, I remember exactly. But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.KJ: 36:09 I think it actually frees your mind up to sort of churn around in the background.Abbi: 36:13 Yeah. And I just appreciate it, the writing is so good. Agatha Christie, you know, there's a reason that she is a success. Her plots are so perfect, her characterization is so deft, and they're so satisfyingly pleasing to read, that it's just a joy. So that is what I am always reading, a mystery of some kind or another. And that's what I would love to write. But I don't. Unfortunately I've been semi-successful writing this other genre and my publisher is not interested in me writing mysteries.KJ: 36:47 I have one in a drawer in which a guy at law school is killed in a parking lot and he bears a lot of resemblance to a guy I went to...yeah. It can never come out of the drawer.Abbi: 37:08 Well, the thing is, so I wrote a mystery - and my publisher probably doesn't want me to talk about this, but whatever - I wrote a mystery that I loved, and has a set of characters that I adore, and they don't want to publish it. And so that's fine. I'm actually going to rewrite it as not a mystery for my next book because I love the characters so much. And that's fine. I've discovered that I'm totally comfortable with that. I just want to write about these characters. So that's real
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's first film The Lives Of Others won the best Foreign Language Oscar, his follow-up The Tourist was a critical disaster. How will his latest - Never Look Away - fare critically and at the box office? Jack Thorne's latest play The End Of History has just opened at London's Royal Court Theatre. It's the story - over three decades - of a left-leaning family who love each other and love to bicker. 8 Days To The Moon on BBC TV follows the progress of the three astronauts who went to the Moon half a century ago in Apollo 11. It uses previously unreleased audio recordings from within the lunar pod mixed with recreations of the journey. Fleischman Is In Trouble is the debut novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, previously a features writer at The New York Times and GQ. It has had glowing reviews; what will our panle make of it? An exhibition of work by Swiss-born artist Felix Vallotton at London's Royal Academy includes paintings and woodcuts in the many styles he adopted during his career. The show's subtitle is "Painter of Disquiet" Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Rebecca Stott, Robert Hanks and Susan Jeffreys. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast extra recommendations: Rebecca - Shame On me by Tessa McWatt Robert - Ngaio Marsh (and you can see Susan as a model on a Ngaio Marsh cover here https://tinyurl.com/y2jmths4 ) Susan - Jodrell Bank Blue Dot Festival and The Night Sky 2019 Tom - Jack Reacher books and BBC World Service's 13 Minutes To The Moon
Episode 48 we (eventually) judge the book Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh. We also talk about spiderpeople, famous artists and Crime!
In this week's show, Stella Duffy takes us to New Zealand during World War 2, in her continuation of Ngaio Marsh’s unfinished novel ‘Money In The Morgue’. (Starts at 1.05) J O Morgan discusses turning his Costa Award-winning poem ‘Assurances’ into an RNIB Talking Book. (Starts at 23.40) Debut author Beth O’Leary introduces us to ‘The Flatshare’, a love story with a twist. (Starts at 38.50) And a return to Stella Duffy for the books of her life. (Starts at 50.00)
By any definition, the New Zealand crime writer Ngaio Marsh lived an extraordinary life. But who was she really, this globetrotting blockbuster author who divided her life between opposite sides of the world? Find more information about my guest Joanne Drayton and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/ngaiomarsh. To be the first to know …
If you're a fan of classic detective fiction- think Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, maybe some Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot- then check out Shedunnit. It's made by Caroline Crampton who writes for the industry website and newsletter Hot Pod but is also seriously into fictional sleuths and some of the real life mysteries that surround them. And as the title suggests, she's especially interested in the role women play in this world. We play some of 'The Lady Vanishes', an interesting story all about the disappearance of the famous writer Agatha Christie who went missing for 10 days back in 1926.
2 September 2018 | WORD Christchurch Festival Supported by Embassy of the United States of America and HarperCollins ‘Your book editor just snagged your spot on the bestseller list,’ was the headline in the New York Times as veteran crime fiction editor and die-hard Ngaio Marsh fan Dan Mallory took out the top place on lists around the world. Written under the pseudonym A.J. Finn, his debut thriller, The Woman in the Window, is a love letter to Alfred Hitchcock that Gillian Flynn called ‘Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing’, and Stephen King deemed ‘unputdownable’. A film directed by Joe Wright (Darkest Hour) and starring Amy Adams is under way. Did his years of editing give him the prefect formula to create a page-turning bestseller? Find out when he talks to writer and actor Michelle Langstone.
Catriona McPherson's 'Scottish Downton Abbey' Dandy Gilver series serves up a hedonistic mix of history, black comedy and murder in elegant prose certain to appeal to fans of Evelyn Waugh, Agatha Christie and Nancy Mitford. Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today Catriona talks about why she loves the Golden Age of British mystery and how her new heroine Lexy Campbell views the California dream through Scottish eyes. But before we talk to Catriona, just a reminder that the show notes for this Binge Reading episode can be found on the website, The Joys of Binge Reading.com That's where you'll find a full transcript of our discussion, plus links to Cat's books and website, as well as details about how to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss future episodes. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: Why it's important to write what you love How being unhappy at work got her started Her passion for the mythical world of Golden Age mystery The etiquette of leaving - and how Scots and Yankees do it differently Seeing the California dream through Scottish eyes What she'd do differently second time around Where to find Catriona McPherson: Website: http://catrionamcpherson.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Catriona-McPherson-171725286218342/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatrionaMcP Blogs: Seven Criminal Minds: http://7criminalminds.blogspot.com/ Femme Fatale Blogspot: http://femmesfatales.typepad.com/ What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny: But now, here's Catriona. . Hello there Catriona and welcome to the show, it's great to have you with us Cat: Thanks for having me Jenny Author Catriona McPherson Jenny: Beginning at the beginning - was there a “Once Upon A Time" moment when you decided you wanted to write fiction? And if there was a catalyst, what was it? Catriona: There was a time when I was a young teenager, when I was thirteen or fourteen when I wanted to be a writer, that what I wanted to do for a job But it was frowned upon but I had a careers adviser who told me it was daft, that it wasn't a good idea, So I shelved that idea and it was only when I was 35 and I had a job that I hated that I came back to it and by then there wasn't anyone who could tell me I couldn't do it.... so I had a long, long hiatus. Jenny: You're extremely versatile - you've successfully proven yourself in three different genres - historical mysteries, dark “stand alone” thrillers, and your latest book Scot Free which launches a new California laugh out loud funny mystery series. But let's start with the Dandy Gilver, and your Scottish mysteries set in the 1920's and 30's in a big country house . . - the "Scottish Downton Abbey" You're up to Number 12 in this series now. They've gathered an armful of awards and a dedicated following - Tell us about writing # 1 “After the Armistice.” I presume this was your first completed MS? After the Armistice Ball - Dandy Gilver # 1 Catriona: Well no actually it's not, the first MS I finished was a modern literary novel - or anyway a novel - and after I got 40 rejections, I was feeling a bit glum, and I put it in a drawer, and my husband Neil suggested that I should write something I loved as a "palate cleanser" just for fun. And what I loved was the Golden Age of Mystery - it's not really a historical period, because it's a cultural space - a bit of history and a lot of writing tradition... and he said write of them just for fun, because everyone who writes them is dead, so just for fun I wrote the first Dandy Gilver story, because I love Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh and Michael Innes and Josephine Tey and all that lot . . and as you say I am up to Number 12 now, so my palate cleanser went very well indeed. Jenny: It really feels as if you knew the time,
During the 'Golden Age', crime writing was one of the few categories (creative or otherwise) in which women could compete as equals with men. In 1981 when Jessica Mann’s study of women’s crime writing, 'Deadlier than the Male' was published, the detective novels of D. L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh were still popular and in print while nearly all their male competitors had dwindled into obscurity. 'Deadlier than the Male' can now be seen, in a way, as a historical document, because in crime writing, as in everything else, the distinctions between what men do and what women do are disappearing. In discussing the women crime writers of the Golden Age and before, Jessica will also consider whether their success had anything to do with the fact that they lived in a world in which there were no equal rights for women – not even for the Grandes Dames of Detective Fiction. Part of Alibis in the Archive 2018.
In this special feature-length episode celebrating one of the undoubted Queens of Crime, we speak to Craig Sisterson about the upcoming Ngaio Marsh Awards and get the exclusive scoop on this year's longlist. We also speak to Stella Duffy about her work completing Ngaio Marsh's novel Money in the Morgue, which has been released to critical acclaim 36 years after Marsh's death. CONTACT USEmail: hello@partnersincrime.onlineFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/partnersincrimepodcastTwitter: http://twitter.com/crimeficpodcastWebsite: http://partnersincrime.online/ CONTACT OUR GUESTShttp://twitter.com/craigsistersonhttp://twitter.com/stellduffy
Joseph Knox's new book The Smiling Man and the archives of Gabriel Garzia Marquz
Night in L.A. can be heavy as a medieval cloak or it can sparkle and crackle. It can burn you with its current, protect you or betray you... -- Skin of Tattoos, Christina Hoag Christina Hoag is a journalist, nonfiction author and novelist. Her thrillers are just that -- thrilling rides with young people on the verge of adulthood and already mired in life-and-death situations. Complex characters and interwoven relationships that form, not a net, but a sticky web that traps her protagonists as they fight to escape the consequences of their own dangerous choices. Skin of Tattoos features Mags, just released from prison and trying to escape the gang life that landed him there, while Girl on the Brink is a very different examination of violence and predation. Christina's nonfiction book, Peace in the Hood, was co-written with Aquil Basheer and digs deep into his program to combat gang violence. Their book is on the syllabi of several university programs, and Basheer himself has been featured in two recent documentaries: License to Operate and The Black Jacket. Plus, I promised to link to a great interview Christina recently did with a fabulous interviewer -- herself! I gave a shout-out to my favorite Golden Age mystery writer, Ngaio Marsh. Artists in Crime is my favorite (and if you don't need to read the books in order, a great place to begin), but Colour Scheme takes place in Christina's native New Zealand. Looking for one with both New Zealand and sheep in the murder? Yup, Ngaio Marsh has that, too. Check out Died in the Wool. Christina, meanwhile, remembers her favorite children's mystery author, and one whose books I also devoured as a kid: British author Enid Blyton. Blyton was prolific; it's hard to go wrong with any of them, but the mystery series are, in particular, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. There are so many others, I'm not going to try to guide you through them, but I will toss you over to the Enid Blyton Society. Enjoy! To learn more about Christina, check out her website and her Facebook page. And for a great read, turn to any of her books! -- Laura Transcript of Interview with Christina Hoag Laura Brennan: My guest today is a journalist, a novelist, and a nonfiction author. Christina Hoag’s novels, Skin of Tattoos and Girl on the Brink, both focus on young people caught in life or death situations -- and both are all the more terrifying because those situations are so real, and so frighteningly common. Christina, thank you for joining me. Christina Hoag: Thank you Laura. It's great to be here. LB: Before we talk about your work, I'd love to talk a little bit about your background. You were born in New Zealand? CH: Yes. I was born in New Zealand. I lived in a number of countries, my family moved around a lot -- which is kind of an understatement. But I ended up in the United States when I was 13, in New Jersey to be exact. So I'm sort of a global nomad. LB: I wanted to sneak in here that everything I know about New Zealand I learned from Ngaio Marsh. CH: Oh, great! Great. That's great that you've heard of her and read her. Yes, she's one of New Zealand's literary stars. LB: Oh, she's phenomenal. I love her. CH: Yes. LB: I'm sure New Zealand is more than murders, mind you. CH: Yes. There are a lot of sheep there. LB: A lot of sheep. Okay. That sounds like, actually, a couple of her books. So you grew up all over the world and landed in New Jersey. And then, how did you get into journalism? CH: Mainly because I loved to write. And I won a prize, when I was six years old, in New Zealand, one little prize at school for writing interesting stories. So it's something, I'd always loved to write, I was a voracious reader growing up, reading Enid Blyton and The Famous Five, The Secret Seven mysteries, you know, those were juvenile mysteries written by the British author Enid Blyton. So I always knew I wanted to write stories.
Lapsed on meie kalleim vara ja pensionisammas. Kuid millised sambad on abieluga kaasavaraks saadud kasulapsed, kes ise endaga hakkama ei saa? Sellises olukorras võib eksklusiivne sanatooriumipuhkus stressirikkal ajal tunduda kuldaväärt põgenemisteena igapäevaelust. Aga kodu on siiski meie kindlus ja krimiromaanide suurmeister Ngaio Marsh paneb meid kaks korda järele mõtlema, enne kui oma kindlusest pikemaks ajaks lahkuda plaanime. (Ngaio Marshi kriminaalromaan - Haudvaikus. Loeb Andres Ots.)
Harriett Gilbert is joined by the BBC's Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders and novelist and journalist Roisin McAuley to discuss favourite books; The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith, Peripheral Vision by Patricia Ferguson and Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh.
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