Classic whodunit

A crystal brandy glass and a pencilled crossword proof on a dark dining table, an empty chair pushed back into candlelit shadow.There were nine setters at the centenary table, and only one of them could have written the last clue in the dead man's grid — because only one of them already knew how the evening would end.

The Clue That Cut the Thread

Classic whodunit27 min

A detailed open dolls-house model of a country house on a marble plinth in a dim panelled gallery, one window lit.There were eight people at the long table the night Aubrey Stint died, and only one of them had spent two years making a perfect little copy of the house — small enough to lie about, too honest to do it.

The House That Saw Everything

Classic whodunit21 min

The voice of Classic whodunit

Reginald AshcombeUrbane, puzzle-precise, fair-play. Clues laid in plain sight, a brilliant detective, a tidy reveal. Witty drawing-room dialogue, elegant misdirection, justice served by deduction.