132. Why Detective Novels Are Comforting
Today's Out of the Ordinary Book:
Cover Her Face: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, P.D. James
Key Conversation Points:
- The psychological benefits of rereading
- Why we think that the antihero is a lazy trope
- The role of religious figures in detective novels
- How detectives teach us to see the people around us
Podcast links:
The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie
The Secret of the Old Clock, Carolyn Keene
Adventure Series by Willard Price
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