{"product_id":"9781608198566","title":"Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death : The Grantchester Mysteries","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): James Runcie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a whiff of Agatha Christie and a touch of G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown, \u003ci\u003eThe Grantchester Mysteries \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces a wonderful new hero into the world of detective fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eEast Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This gripping novel has only one major flaw - it was far too short - I wanted at least another 200 pages of these people and their lives\" - \u003ci\u003eVictoria Hislop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCanvey Island\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tender, intimate account of post-war England, left me both wistful and elated\" - \u003ci\u003eJim Crace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegiac and evocative ... \u003ci\u003eCanvey Island\u003c\/i\u003e is moving and clearly heartfelt\" - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781608198566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594270519502,"sku":"9781608198566","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c7d68080-e41d-4c29-8184-da154c0fc648.jpg?v=1637805124","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781608198566","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}