132. Why Detective Novels Are Comforting

<p><strong>Today's Out of the Ordinary Book:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780743219570" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cover Her Face: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery</a>, P.D. James</p> <p><strong>Key Conversation Points:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The psychological benefits of rereading</li> <li>Why we think that the antihero is a lazy trope</li> <li>The role of religious figures in detective novels</li> <li>How detectives teach us to see the people around us</li> </ul> <p><strong>Podcast links:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.hbo.com/mare-of-easttown" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mare of Easttown</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780062073617" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Body in the Library</a>, Agatha Christie</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780448095011" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Secret of the Old Clock</a>, Carolyn Keene</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3wiMATX" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Adventure Series by Willard Price</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3gkrYnl" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">TinTin</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780879235734" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Swallows and Amazons</a></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.blackbarnonline.com/">Click here</a> to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.</p> <p>_______</p> <p>Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.</p> <p><a href="http://greenchef.com/ordinary90">Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90</a> and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping!</p> <p><a href="http://hookedonphonics.com/ORDINARY">Click here to visit HookedOnPhonics.com/ORDINARY</a>, and receive your first month for just one dollar.</p> <p><a href="http://outoftheordinarypodcast.com/ps">Cl