The much-loved rector of Champton returns in the third page-turning instalment in Coles' mega-selling series, as Canon Daniel Clement's well-planned recovery trip to a monastery turns into another knotty murder investigation.
Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery where he was a novice. But the monastery doesn't allow Daniel a break, for there are tensions building there too, as the secret past of novice master Father Paul is emerging. Tension mounts and a murder ensues.
Meanwhile back at Champton, Daniel is the subject of village gossip, his mother Audrey is up to something again, there's trouble at the dress shop, up at the big house, and the puppies are running riot. Can Daniel be reconciled with detective Neil and solve the mystery?
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781474612715
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 640 g
Dimensions: 236 x 160 x 40 mm
Coles's feline wit and infectious enthusiasm for ecclesiastical trivia make for a very moreish read. - Jake Kerridge, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Written in Coles's customary wry style which owes much to the work of Alan Bennett. - Geoffrey Wansell, DAILY MAIL
Richard writes beautifully... a delightful piece of detective work set in a religious order. The atmosphere is so intense, you can almost smell the incense on the page. - Ryan Tubridy, IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY
A village that could rival Agatha Christie's St Mary Mead and the TV murder hotspot of Midsomer for its ever growing body count - The Herald
The BEST yet and high praise must go out to The Reverend Richard Coles for another classic example of a cosy crime thriller done to perfection and I loved every page of it.
Murder at the Monastery captures...
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I thoroughly enjoyed this third book in the canon Clements series. So first things first... there are a lot of negative reviews complaining about the ecclesiastical nature of the book. Erm... what were people... More
Look, my late brother was a Canon and served in the C of E for 34 years and that gave me a bit of an advantage when reading this book which was so full of church rubrics and ecclesiastical terms and referencing that... More
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