'There is no denying the winning charm of these artfully fashioned mysteries' - Barry Forshaw, Independent

'Gentle, often funny and undeniably charming' - Readers Digest

'We should welcome him to the ranks of classic detectives' - Daily Mail
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It is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his first year of married life with his German bride Hildegard. But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long.

Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an 'accidental' drowning on a film shoot may not have been so accidental after all; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas, 1963.

In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfil the demands of Dickens, his faithful Labrador, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love.

The third in 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series - six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history - these four longer stories are guaranteed to delight the many fans of Canon Sidney Chambers.

James Runcie is the Head of Literature at the Southbank Centre, an award-winning film-maker and the author of six novels. Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death, the first in 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series, was published in 2012. The second, Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night, was published in 2013. James Runcie lives in London and Edinburgh.

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