Murder Mystery Memos Blog

In our latest podcast, Katie introduces Helen to a collection of Agatha Christie's supernatural short stories, 'The Mysterious Mr Quin', featuring the mystery-solving Mr Satterthwaite. Helen delivers the complimentary dinner part of the pod, by offering the suggestion of a few light bites that an Italian might eat before a night out at the theatre. 

Hello again, pod fans! The Whodunnit Dinners podcast summer special has just landed on the airways, and it’s something a little bit different. In this episode, for a change, we consume a meal together before devouring an iconic Agatha Christie murder mystery play in London’s West End theatreland. What a treat. 

Each Whodunnit Dinners podcast delves into at least one murder mystery story and a corresponding meal that might sit alongside it. This time round, Katie introduced Helen to one of her all-time favourite murder mystery novels: Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’ and Helen dished up some modern plates that use black pudding to add flavour and texture. 

Summer's coming, Hen nights are looming. And we all know that planning a hen night 'in' is essential: to save money, accommodate the mother of the...

Hello from Whodunnit Dinners podcasters Helen and Katie: murder mystery dinner party game writers who like to chat about whodunnits and the food in...

Podcast episode #6 of the second season focuses on the Japanese murder mystery classic: Murder at Mount Fuji, recently republished in the UK. In the book, a key plot point revolves around a dish that has been ordered from a local restaurant, called ‘gratin’ and in this blog post, we help you make your very own gratin - ideally without the accompanying dead body. 

In the latest podcast episode, Helen discusses Mike Philips, a Guyanese-British writer and his 1995 book, ‘An Image to Die For’. Meanwhile, in keeping with the West London based story, Katie shares a Caribbean jerk chicken recipe. Plus lots of chat. 

This blog post runs alongside the Whodunnit Dinners podcast: Season 2 Ep:4. In this episode, Katie introduces Helen to The Sign of the Four, the second novel featuring the global icon Sherlock Holmes.  The Sign of the Four, also called The Sign of Four, is a 1890 detective novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Helen meanwhile introduces Katie to recipes for cooking grouse. 

Welcome to the Whodunnit Dinners blog, which runs alongside the Whodunnit Dinners podcast, now proudly in the midst of its second season! The podca...

The chat on episode 2 in the second season of the podcast is all about the G K Chesterton murder mystery story collection ‘The Wisdom of Father Brown’ and then turns to food inspired by Chesterton’s series. In this blog post we will share suggestions for how to pair English beer and cheese in the style of the eponymous catholic priest of the early twentieth century. 

This blog post is merely a side dish to the main event - the latest Whodunnit Dinners podcast - which In Series 2 episode #1 centres around the latest film in the Knives Out franchise: Wake Up Dead Man. Rian Johnson is the acclaimed writer and director of the series and Daniel Craig reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc, who comes in to investigate the death of a divisive Catholic priest in rural New York against the backdrop of a missing inheritance.