Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death
Grantchester Mysteries 1
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- 9,99 €
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- 9,99 €
Publisher Description
'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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Runcie (Canvey Island) launches a promising new clerical series with this collection of interlocking short whodunits featuring a latter-day Father Brown, Canon Sidney Chambers. In the first selection, set in 1953, the Anglican minister presides over the funeral of a suicide, Stephen Staunton. When Pamela Morton, whose husband was Staunton's law partner and who believes Staunton was murdered, seeks Chambers out, Chambers agrees to ask questions informally, despite the skepticism of a friend on the force. His success in resolving Mrs. Morton's concerns proves to be just the starting point as an amateur sleuth. In subsequent chapters, he investigates a jewel theft, suspicions that a doctor is performing euthanasia, and a strangulation in a jazz club. The last case, "Honourable Men," is the strongest after the opening mystery, with a sophisticated plot centering on the murder of the actor playing Julius Caesar during a staging of the assassination scene from Shakespeare's play. That Runcie is the son of former archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie lends biographical interest.
