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Monthly Mystery: John Dickson Carr's "He Who Whispers"
Hello and welcome to our February monthly mystery here at Close Reads HQ!
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
1:09:18
Monthly Mystery: Josephine Tey's "Brat Farrar"
Hello and welcome to our first monthly mystery of 2026 here at Close Reads HQ!
 • David Kern
1:00:32
Monthly Mystery: Murder in the Mill-race
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: E.C.R Loran’s story about a provincial small town with more secrets than it wants to reveal.
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:03:20
Monthly Mystery: Epitaph for a Spy
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Eric Ambler’s story about a regular man who is caught up in the world of international intrigue on the…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
59:01
Monthly Mystery: A Morbid Taste for Bones
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Ellis Peter’s first book in the Brother Cadfael series, a medieval-set murder mystery in which a monk…
 • David Kern
1:05:51
Monthly Mystery: "Five Little Pigs"
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Agatha Christie’s Five Little Pigs, one of her most psychologically complicated (and nearly hard…
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
50:37
Monthly Mystery: The Zebra-Striped Hearse
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Ross Macdonald’s The Zebra-Striped Hearse, a classic midcentury title from one of the kings of the…
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
56:24
Monthly Mystery: Some Buried Caesar
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Rex Stout’s Some Buried Caesar, a 1930’s classic from one of the most popular of all American mystery…
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
1:11:02
Monthly Mystery: John Dickson Carr's "The Seat of the Scornful"
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: John Dickson Carr’s The Seat of the Scornful, a cult classic from the master of the locked room…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
57:29
Monthly Mystery: Mystery Mile
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Margery Allingham’s Mystery Mile, a book for which we had varying degrees of affection.
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
1:00:31
Monthly Mystery: The Great Mistake
Join in as we dig in to this month’s mystery novel: Mary Roberts Rinehart’s The Great Mistake, a very American but very interesting mystery from a…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:10:23
Monthly Mystery: The Singing Sands
Join in as we dig in to this month’s mystery novel: Josephine Tey’s The Singing Sands, a book about anxiety, obsession, and conspiracy.
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
1:15:22
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