All the podcast rules are out the window this week, as Amy and Amanda dive deep into THE NOTTING HILL MYSTERY, an 1862 novel that claims to be "the first detective novel." But wait—didn't they already review "the first detective novel" in an earlier season? It's an unvarnished, no-holds-barred episode unlike any we've ever done before! Plus the girls celebrate Charles Dana Gibson's birthday week with a special history segment tribute to Gibson's artistic idol, George du Maurier. CLICK HERE for complete show notes, including a link to download today's public domain book for FREE! Books and authors mentioned in this episode include:

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Angela du Maurier

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Trilby by George du Maurier

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Edgar Allan Poe

Paul Collins

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Authentically Izzy by Pepper Basham

Novels of Mystery from the Victorian Age edited by Maurice Richardson

Other topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, the Gilded Age, the Golden Age of Illustration, Charles Warren Adams, George du Maurier, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, murder mysteries, the 1980s, remote controls, hypnotism, twin sympathy, detective novels, Victorian literature, and author reviews.