Special Edition: Why Do We Love Mystery Novels?

About this episode

Vanessa Zoltan discusses the appeal of mystery novels with Dr. Stephanie Paulsell.

Vanessa Zoltan is joined by friend and mentor Dr. Stephanie Paulsell to discuss the appeal of mystery novels and their relationship to religion. If you're interested in joining Stephanie and Casper on the Agatha Christie pilgrimage, you can learn more at commongroundpilgrimages.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Zoltan

Guest: Dr. Stephanie Paulsell

Topics covered

• mystery novels
• religion
• literature
• friendship
• pilgrimage

Keywords

• mystery novels
• religion
• Agatha Christie
• literature
• appeal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: commongroundpilgrimages.com

Books & works: Agatha Christie

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