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Enter the Watson

The detective's sidekick is a fundamental building block of the classic whodunnit.

The detective's sidekick is a fundamental building block of the classic whodunnit. But they don't often get full credit for the vital role they play in solving mysteries. Until now, that is.

This archive episode of Shedunnit was first published on 16th October 2019.

Books and sources:
鈥擜 Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
鈥擳he Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
鈥擳he Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
鈥擳he Detective As Reader: Narrativity And Reading Concepts In Detective Fiction by Peter H眉hn
鈥擟losure in Detective Fiction by Eyal Segal
鈥擳he Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
鈥擳he Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
鈥擳he Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
鈥擬ystery Mile by Margery Allingham
鈥擝usman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥擳he Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
鈥擴nnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥擲trong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥擟ards on the Table by Agatha Christie
鈥擬rs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
鈥擧allowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
鈥擡lephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
鈥擥audy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
鈥擧ave His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

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