Tea or Books? #52: Detective Fiction vs Crime Fiction and Merry Hall vs The Sweet and Twenties

Detective fiction, crime fiction, and Beverley Nichols – what fun!   Rachel has had to take a quick break from the podcast, but I was delighted to have a special guest in the form of Karen, from Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings,

Detective fiction, crime fiction, and Beverley Nichols – what fun!

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Rachel has had to take a quick break from the podcast, but I was delighted to have a special guest in the form of Karen, from Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings, who took to it all brilliantly. After an introductory chat with Karen, we talked about Golden Age detective fiction vs modern crime fiction – with my usual lack of research, though Karen is rather better informed.

Karen and I are both besotted with Beverley Nichols, and it seemed like a good opportunity to compare two of his books – Merry Hall and The Sweet and Twenties.

Rachel should be back for our next episode. In the meantime, you can visit our iTunes page – and we’ve also set up a Patreon page. Obviously we are very, very happy for people to keep listening without signing up for Patreon, but if you’d like to help us recover hosting costs etc. and get some ‘rewards’ (from shout-outs to book parcels) then you can check out our page.

In the episode, we talk about a wonderful clip of Beverley Nichols – here it is:

The books and authors we mention are:

Nairn’s Paris by Ian Nairn

Leadon Hill by Richmal Crompton

Weatherley Parade by Richmal Crompton

Narcissa by Richmal Crompton

Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton

Frost at Morning by Richmal Crompton

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Eternal Husband by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Chandler

Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle

Val McDermid

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Endless Night by Agatha Christie

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Martin Beck series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

Wallander series by Henning Mankell

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

Jo Nesbo

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley

John Bude

John Dickson Carr

Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

Quick Curtain by Alan Melville

Death of Anton by Alan Melville

The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards

Murder in the Museum by John Rowland

Calamity in Kent by John Rowland

Merry Hall by Beverley Nichols

The Sweet and Twenties by Beverley Nichols

Crazy Pavements by Beverley Nichols

Yours Sincerely by Beverley Nichols and Monica Dickens

Down the Garden Path by Beverley Nichols

Twenty Five by Beverley Nichols

A Pin to See the Peepshow by F Tennyson Jesse

Messalina of the Suburbs by E.M. Delafield

Virginia Woolf

Noel Coward

Oscar Wilde

Mrs Tim of the Regiment by D.E. Stevenson

Vita Sackville-West

Sunlight on the Lawn by Beverley Nichols

Laughter on the Stairs by Beverley Nichols

Elizabeth Bowen

Molly Keane

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

The ABC of Cats by Beverley Nichols

The XYZ of Cats by Beverley Nichols

This is Sylvia by Sandy Wilson

Nancy Spain

L.P. Hartley

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

According to Mark by Penelope Lively