There's probably quite the crossover between the readers of the this blog, and the fans of Caroline Crampton's truly excellent Shedunnit podcast. So many of you will already know that Caroline is doing a series looking at the legendary Penguin green-and-white crime books - she's doing one episode per book, starting at the beginning. The Green Penguin Book Club - what a great idea. So when she invited me to do the next one I signed on in a heartbeat.
The book is
The Missing Moneylender
by W Stanley Sykes
first published in 1931, and the really surprising thing is that neither of us had ever even heard of it before, let alone read it. I thought that between us Caroline and I had read the entire works of the Golden Age....
The episode is live now, you can find it here
The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes (Green Penguin Book Club 7) - Shedunnit
and you can hear us talk about medical mysteries, lost authors, and the elephant in the room: that title... and potentially wince-making moments. And I enquired of Caroline about her special interest in medical matters - see my post on her recent book on hypochondria.
The Missing Moneylender was a most interesting book, and I was delighted to have the chance to read it and then discuss it. Though, we should warn you, it is very hard to find copies...
I've never heard of Sykes nor read this book either, Moira, so this is really interesting to me. And thanks for mentioning the podcast. I've not listened to it as I ought to, but it is excellent and I'll be really interested in your take on it.
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