Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 (Grantchester, 1)

Description

The first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the
PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his
career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective. It is 1953, the coronation
year of Queen Elizabeth II . Sidney Chambers, vicar of Grantchester and
honorary canon of Ely Cathedral, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with
dark brown hair, eyes the color of hazelnuts, and a reassuringly gentle
manner, Sidney is an unconventional clerical detective. He 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 jewelry theft at a New Year’s Eve dinner party, the unexplained
death of a jazz promoter’s daughter, and a shocking art forgery that puts a
close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a
clergyman, means that you are never off duty, but he nonetheless manages to
find time for a keen interest in cricket, warm beer, and hot jazz-as well as a
curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior. With a whiff of
Agatha Christie and a touch of G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown, The
Grantchester Mysteries introduces a wonderful new hero into the world of
detective fiction. Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury USA; 1st edition (April 24, 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1608198561
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 66
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.3 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 1.09 x 8.31 inches
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