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Title details for Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie - Available

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

#1 in series

by James Runcie
Joe Jameson
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Grantchester

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 16, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781639733149
      • File size: 316424 KB
      • Duration: 10:59:12

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Anyone who is lucky enough to encounter Canon Sidney Chambers is in for a grand treat. This is the first of six Grandchester Mysteries. Narrator Peter Wickham epitomizes Sidney; his backgammon playing buddy, Detective Keating; his opinionated housekeeper, Mrs. Maguire; and the diverse rich, poor, educated, and earthy people who inhabit Sidney's world. Wickham's splendid vocal shifts capture the wide range of emotion Sidney feels over his growing concern that a doctor is speeding along his patients to death. Wickham also movingly conveys the Canon's pain in the moments he questions his faith or makes insightful remarks about his wealthy parishioners' occasional lack of empathy. This is a flawless glimpse at a bygone era by Runcie, whose father was the Archbishop of Canterbury. S.G.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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