A Special Christmas Episode: Promotion in the Highest by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with Rev. Dr. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson). . . and Some Holiday Poems, Too!

It's always a joy to have the Reverend Doctor Sarah Hinlicky
Wilson on the show to explain to us what the heck Agatha Christie
Mallowan is getting at in the extremely personal and extremely
Christian short stories she wrote within her Star Over
Bethlehem and Other Stories collection. Happy holidays to all who
celebrate; we certainly know that Agatha Christie did!


Please note there are a few minor spoilers for Passenger to
Frankfurt littered throughout our discussion, which I did not
note at the top of the episode. But there is an argument to be
made that this novel is un-spoilable, since it barely makes any
sense.... (I get to be cheeky around the holidays.)


You can pre-order Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter
Mysteries series, here in the United States.


Come see me on tour for Loose Lips, starting in a few short
weeks! Visit my website for more details.


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subscription is the perfect holiday gift!), click here.


Check out all that Sarah Hinlicky Wilson is up to (it's a lot!).
Her website is here, and you can visit her podcast, Queen of the
Sciences, here. You can also check out her substack here.


I also mentioned two previous articles Sarah has written, which I
believe every Christie fanatic should read for the insights they
provide: "Miss Marple's Low Anthropology" and "Agatha Christie, A
Very Elusive Christian."


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And you can of course still buy my debut mystery novel, The
Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you
possibly can) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and
Australia and New Zealand.