The Girl on the Boat with Ansley Ashe

Ian is joined by author Ansley Ashe to discuss *The Girl on the Boat* (1922), AKA *Three Men and A Maid.*  *Ansley Ashe is making a transition from wrestling/soccer mom, soccer coach, and library trustee to full fledged novelist. She has loved mysteries since she was a little girl, so when it came time to choose a genre, mystery was a natural fit. She loves everything between Sherlock Holmes and Mickey Haller aka the Lincoln Lawyer. She is reading her way through Agatha Christie and Anne Perry and read her first Wodehouse just for this podcast, now she will have to add him to her TBR list. Last year she published a series of holiday themed novelettes based on a young, female detective Charlotte "Charlie" Snow, with several novels still to come in the series. You can keep up with her on her* [Substack](AnsleyAsheMysteries.Substack.com) There will be plot spoilers.  Next month: The Adventures of Sally with Sarah Humphrey. You can e-mail me at [wodehousekeeping@gmail.com](mailto:wodehousekeeping@gmail.com).  Help keep the Good Ship *Wodehousekeeping* afloat [ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping](ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping).  Our Bluesky and Facebook Reference works consulted N. T. Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: *Who's Who in Wodehouse*, third edition Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website https://www.madameulalie.org Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works mentioned *Frozen Assets* *Jill the Reckless (The Little Warrior)* *Something Fresh* *Heavy Weather* "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" "Church Round the Corner" *A Damsel in Distress* "Sir Agravaine" "The Mixer" *A Gentleman of Leisure* "Strychnine in the Soup" Also mentioned  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the *Sherlock Holmes* stories Agatha Christie Anne Perry  Michael Connolly, the *Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawye*r books  *Jeeves and Wooster* Hugh Laurie Stephen Fry, *Moab is My Washpot* *Saturday Night Live* *The Girl on the Boat* film, archived here Norman Wisdom Millicent Martin Bernard Cribbins Sheila Hancock Richard Briers Athene Seyler Philip Lock *Wilde* Annie Besant F Scott Fitzgerald, *The Great Gatsby* The *Lusitania* Alice "Billie" Dovey Thomas Otway, *The Orphan* Alfred, Lord Tennyson Constance Markievicz - first female member of UK parliament Nancy Astor Frank Tinney *The Black and White Minstrel Show* Bert Williams Southwick Priory Laurence Sterne, *Tristram Shandy* William Shakespeare, *Othello* *Scooby Doo* Edgar Allen Poe Sir Walter Scott, "Young Lochinvar" Mary Mestmacott, *Giant's Bread* Mary Roberts Rheinhart Dorothy L Sayers G K Chesterton Georgette Heyer Raymond Chandler "Carolyn Keene", the *Nancy Drew* series Amelia Earhart Marilyn Monroe Song snippets Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, "(She's Gonna) Respect Me" Flanders and Swann, "Sea Fever" The Seven Inches, "Stop Pestering Me" (lyrics/vocals: me) Tindersticks, "Pinky in the Daylight" Special thanks to Radio Guest List. * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.