The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton, and Smokehead Twisted, Part 2

Michael and Ethan and special guest Nick conclude their discussion of Stuart Turton’s third novel, The Last Murder at the End of the World.

In this episode:

  • The ten commandments of detective fiction

  • Topics in Turtonology

  • Schrodinger’s locked room mystery

  • If you bend any genre too far, horror leaks out

  • Pixar Extended Universe teasing

  • Thinking about thinking about The Tempest

  • DO THE WORK

  • Detective fiction lightning round

  • Names With Michael lightning round

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Rivermouth, by Alejandra Oliva! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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MUSIC & SFX:

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

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Ethan Bartlett