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England, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Second World War fiction, Religious & spiritual fiction, Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of Englan
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER
The first novel in the Reverend Richard Coles' Canon Clement Mystery series.THE INSTANTLY ICONIC NO. 1 BESTSELLER
'I've been waiting for a novel with vicars, rude old ladies, murder and sausage dogs... et voila!' Dawn French
'Cosy crime with a cutting edge' Telegraph
'Whodunnit fans can give praise and rejoice' Ian Rankin
'Charming and funny' Observer
Even better than I knew it would be' India Knight
'Quintessentially English' Sunday Express
'An absolute joy' Adam Kay
''Wry, tongue-in cheek and whimsical' Daily Mail
'Glorious' Robert Webb
'Beautifully written, charming, funny, intelligent and mordant too' Sunday Times
'Pitch perfect' Philip Pullman
'A cunning whodunnit' Daily Express
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda.
When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village.
And then Anthony Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton - is found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his community together... and catch a killer.
Richard Coles
THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presented Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 for a number of years and appears, from time to time, on QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You? He has won Christmas MasterChef, Celebrity Mastermind twice, and captained Leeds to victory in Christmas University Challenge in 2019. A contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, he scored a lamentably low mark for a paso doble.
He writes regularly for the Sunday Times, and is the author of half a dozen books, including a bestselling autobiography, Fathomless Riches, and the bereavement bestseller The Madness of Grief, written after the death of his partner, David Coles. Murder Before Evensong, the first book in the Canon Clement Mystery series, was an instant no.1 Sunday Times bestseller.
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