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21/05/2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Miles Jupp in a Locked Room

Miles Jupp investigates the appeal of mind-bending crime novels set in locked rooms.

4 Extra Debut. Before Rebus and Rendell, crime fans thrilled to impossible murders set in locked rooms. Miles Jupp investigates the genre that refuses to die. From May 2012.

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There's a fresh corpse! But that room hasn't been opened for years! Locked Room Mysteries astonished and delighted crime fans in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. But as Miles Jupp discovers, the Locked Room continues to infuriate and delight, inspiring writers in Japan and France. But how many ingenious solutions can be wrung out of a body, a sealed chamber, and the imagination of a dedicated writer? You'll be surprised...

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