Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
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    Apr-2012
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    Historical Mystery
  • Time Period:
    1940's-1950's 20th Century
  • Pages:
    400
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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.
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    • First Edition
    • Apr-2012
    • Bloomsbury
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1608198561
    • ISBN13: 9781608198566
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    • May-2013
    • Bloomsbury
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1408831406
    • ISBN13: 9781408831403
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    • Nov-2013
    • ISIS Large Print Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0753190451
    • ISBN13: 9780753190456
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    • Oct-2014
    • Bloomsbury
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1408857707
    • ISBN13: 9781408857700
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    • Jan-2015
    • Bloomsbury
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1632862891
    • ISBN13: 9781632862891
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    • Jun-2012
    • Bloomsbury (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1408825953
    • ISBN13: 9781408825952
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    • Apr-2012
    • Bloomsbury
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1408828464
    • ISBN13: 9781408828465
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    • Apr-2012
    • Bloomsbury
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1608198588
    • ISBN13: 9781608198580
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    • Audible
    •  
    • Aug-2012
    • ISIS Audio Books
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1445016753
    • ISBN13: 9781445016757
    •  
    • Aug-2012
    • Isis Publishing Ltd
    • Audible
    •  
    • Aug-2012
    • ISIS Audio Books
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1445016745
    • ISBN13: 9781445016740
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    • Aug-2012
    • ISIS Audio Books
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1445016737
    • ISBN13: 9781445016733
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    • Nov-2012
    • ISIS Large Print Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0753190443
    • ISBN13: 9780753190449
    • Large Print



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