We discuss chapters 1-9 of Agatha Christie's 10th Miss Marple Novel, A Caribbean Mystery. Sent on her lonesome for a holiday she'd perhaps rather not have taken, Jane Marple is in St Honoré. After an abrupt conclusion to conversation with the usually verbose Major Palgrave, Miss Marple's perplexion turns to alarm when he is found dead the following morning. Who amidst the many scorned lovers on the island has the most to hide?
We're also joined by Michael Brissenden to talk about his newest novel; Smoke. Alex Markov is tangled amidst bushfires, corruption, and the local politics of the small town Big Jasper. You're challenged to peer through the haze of privilege and violence as she struggles to set things right.
Thank you to Affirm Press for providing copies of Smoke, and arranging our time with Michael Brissenden.