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The classic mystery has a rich hertitage on the radio, from the likes of Behind the Screen (1930) to ‘Cabin B-13’ (1943) to the readings of classic mysteries that proliferate to this day. So a brand new, fair play mystery on the radio could well be something to get excited about. At some point in … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 38: The Second Coming of the Radio Mystery, via Done to Death (2026) by Brendon Connelly [w’ Brendon Connelly] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Earlier this year, I stumbled over The Beanstalk Murder (2024) by P.G Bell, a superb crossover mystery which imports the tenets of a well-clued mystery into the world of Jack and the Beanstalk. Bell’s second novel along this line, The Big Bad Wolf Murder (2025), followed in due course, and a few weeks ago he … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 37: Universe Building with a Light Touch via The Beanstalk Murder (2024) and The Big Bad Wolf Murder (2025) by P.G. Bell [w’ P.G. Bell] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

A bit of pre-Christmas podcasting for you, as I sit down with Jack Anderson, author of The Return of Moriarty (2025) which, honestly now, is probably the very best Sherlock Holmes universe pastiche I’ve ever read. Picking up — spoilers for ‘The Final Problem’ (1893) in case you’re 132 years behind on your TBR — … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 36: Building the Perfect Pastiche, via The Return of Moriarty (2025) by Jack Anderson [w’ Jack Anderson] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Nothing for a year, then two in consecutive weekends — it’s a podcastpalooza! 11th September 2025 saw the publication not just of Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife (2025) by Martin Edwards, but also the new non-fiction book from John Curran, The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and the Golden Age (2025). And, like … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 35: The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and the Golden Age (2025) by John Curran [w’ John Curran] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

I promised you more podcast, and wouldn’t have blamed you for not believing me; but more podcast there is today for your listening pleasure. Martin Edwards, current President of the Detection Club and winner of just about every crime writing award going, has a new book out next week: the very enjoyable and playful Miss … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 34: Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife (2025) and The (Expanded) Golden Age of Murder (2025) by Martin Edwards [w’ Martin Edwards] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Another surprise episode of my increasingly-irregular podcast In GAD We Trust, this time featuring Mark Aldridge in discussion about his new book, Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness (2024). Yes, finally some good news: four years on from his excellent Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World (2020), in which he charted the … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 33: Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness (2024) by Mark Aldridge [w’ Mark Aldridge] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Five and a half years ago I tracked down and read an obscure novelette by long-forgotten British pulp writer James Ronald, which set me on the trail of his far-from-readily-available other works. This week, Moonstone Press published the first two in a series of reprints that will see Ronald’s entire criminous catalogue made available, and series … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 32: The Revival of James Ronald [w’ Chris Verner] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Another year, another Bodies from the Library collection — incredibly, the sixth — and another opportunity to sit down with Tony Medawar and talk about the wonderful work he’s doing on all our behalfs. As well as discussing the contents of the latest collection — all spoiler-free, of course — we get into the details … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 31: Bodies from the Library 6 (2023) ed. Tony Medawar [w’ Tony Medawar] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

The return of my In GAD We Trust podcast, and a welcome return for Alasdair Beckett-King, comedian and now children’s author. Since last appearing on the podcast, Alasdair has written two books for younger readers — Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum (2023) and Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse (2023) — and so joins … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 30: The Joys of Detective Fiction + Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse (2023) by Alasdair Beckett-King [w’ Alasdair Beckett-King] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

All good things come to an end, and so does my podcast; started in the first UK lockdown and hard to justify now that lockdowns are well and truly over, In GAD We Trust’s 30th episode (number 29, but don’t forget that bonus run through the Jonathan Creek canon) is going out in a blaze … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 29: Writing The Red Death Murders (2022) In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

There is a Golden Age of detective fiction going on at the very moment, but because most of what’s being written is aimed at 8-to-12 year-olds, it gets overlooked by, like, grown-ups. I’m trying to raise awareness of this with my frequent Minor Felonies posts, and it’s partly in pursuit of this aim that I’m … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 28: Writing Mysteries for Younger Readers [w’ M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Last week, Nick Cardillo and I discussed the impossible crime on screen, at the end of which he casually asked about Jonathan Creek like I’d be able to condense my thoughts into a pithy bon mot and not obsess about what I’d missed out for the next 30 or 40 years. Instead, we’re back to … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Bonus Episode! The Highs and Lows of Jonathan Creek [w’ Nick Cardillo] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Does In GAD We Trust have a hype train? If so, stoke the conductor, point the rails, wake up the boiler, and do other train things, because episode 27 is here and Nick Cardillo wants to talk about the impossible crime on screen. Written down, the impossible crime — sometimes called the “miracle problem” when … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 27: The Impossible Crime on Screen [w’ Nick Cardillo] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

I’m as surprised as you to see a new episode of my In GAD We Trust podcast, especially as I said on Thursday that there was unlikely to be one this weekend — well, okay, perhaps a I’m little less surprised than you, since I (sort of) planned, recorded, and (sort of) edited this, but … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 26: The Maxims of Misdirection In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/

Gutsy of me to suggest, on my site dedicated to the discussion of Golden Age detective fiction, that a lot of the terminology used to talk about these stories is incorrect, eh? Well, thankfully I’m not the one trying to convince you; that job falls to Mr. Scott K. Ratner. Those of you who know … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 25: Fair Play and the Nomenclature of Golden Age Detective Fiction [w’ Scott K. Ratner] In GAD We Trust is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://theinvisibleevent.com/