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'Inspector Morse would appear to have a rival' - Scotland on Sunday
'A perfect accompaniment to a sunny afternoon, a hammock and a glass of Pimms' - Guardian
'An undiluted pleasure' - Scotsman
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Sidney Chambers, the Vicar of Grantchester, is a thirty-two year old bachelor. Sidney is an unconventional clergyman and can go where the police cannot.
Together with his roguish friend Inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewellery theft at a New Year's Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a well-known jazz promoter and a shocking art forgery, the disclosure of which puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty...
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'A charmingly effective tale of detection ... a satisfyingly old-fashioned read' - The Times
'No detective since Father Brown has been more engaging than Canon Sidney Chambers' - Salley Vickers
'The coziest of cozy murder mysteries' - New York Times Book Review
'Full of witty phrases to delight the reader' - Peggy Woodford, Church Times
'Gentle criminal entertainment with a pleasantly old-fashioned feel to it' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator
Published | 25 Sep 2014 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 400 |
ISBN | 9781408857700 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Series | Grantchester |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
No detective since Father Brown has been more engaging than Canon Sidney Chambers. Perfect company in bed
Salley Vickers
Inspector Morse would appear to have a rival
Scotland on Sunday
A charmingly effective tale of detection ... evoking oodles of churchy village atmosphere, circa 1953, provides a satisfyingly old-fashioned read
The Times
The clerical milieu is well rendered as an affectionate eye is cast over post-war England - a perfect accompaniment to a sunny afternoon, a hammock and a glass of Pimm's
Laura Wilson, Guardian
James Runcie has written the coziest of cozy murder mysteries. Taken individually, each of these clerical whodunits poses a clever puzzle for armchair detectives. Viewed as a collective study of British life as it was lived when Elizabeth II first ascended the throne, these stories present a consistently charming and occasionally cutting commentary on 'a postwar landscape full of industry, promise and concrete
New York Times Book Review
An undiluted pleasure
Scotsman
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