Episode 38 - Whodunnit? (Insector Brunswick and the Case of the Missing Eyebrow and The Secret Detectives)

To kick off this cold and dreary month we're reading detective fiction! First up is Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing Eyebrow by Chris Lam Sam and Angela Keoghan. Brunswick and his faithful sidekick Nelson thought they were just going to the art gallery for a nice afternoon out, but crime is afoot!

We talked about a few different pieces of performance art and protests in relation to the Missing Eyebrow:

the toppling of the Colston statue

the Banksy self-destruct painting

the Just Stop Oil protest of the Van Gogh painting

Doctor Willard Wigan's tiny dinosaur

 

And our chapter book is the wonderful The Secret Detectives by Ella Risbridger. On a mail ship from India to England in 1892, Isobel and her first ever friends Sameer and Lettie see someone pushed overboard. But when they go to raise the alarm the next day, nobody will listen because it seems nobody is missing. Will they solve the crime before the ship docks and the murderer gets away?

 

We talk a lot about Agatha Christie and the golden age tropes with this one, so we can't help but recommend Shedunnit and All About Agatha if you'd like to learn more about those.

 

We also compare Risbridger's writing to Eva Ibbotson's. You can hear our episode about Journey to the River Sea here.

 

Nina's new podcast The Podgoblin's Hat is live now and you can listen here.

 

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