- Paperback: 311 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; New edition edition (4 Nov 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747241996
- ISBN-13: 978-0747241997
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 890,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The piercing klaxon of the sirens shattered the customary nocturnal tranquillity of the Cathedral Close. Canon John Kingsley, who had not been long in bed and had been too troubled to sleep, rose quickly and crossed to the window. The police cars' pulsating blue lights reflected eerily on the gray stone of the cathedral, as unnatural an intrusion into this place as the harsh wailing of the ambulance sirens. But there was a kind of inevitability about it, thought John Kingsley as the drama unfolded, a few houses away around the bend of the Close. Like the last act of a Shakespearean tragedy--except that it wasn't the last act, but the last act but one: in the real world, if not in Shakespeare, justice must be done, and the guilty brought to judgment."
Death at the Deanery - sudden and unnatural death. Someone should have seen it coming. For even before Stuart Latimer arrives as the new Dean of Malbury Cathedral, shock waves reverberate through the tightly-knit and insular Cathedral Close, heralding sweeping changes in a community that is not open to change. And the reality is even worse than the expectation - the Dean's naked ambition and ruthless behaviour alienate everyone in the Chapter: the Canons, gentle John Kingsley, vague Rupert Greenwood, pompous Philip Thetford, and especially Subdean Arthur Brydges-ffrench, a traditionalist who resists change most strongly of all. Others in the Close have reason to fear the Dean as well: Jeremy Bartlett, the Cathedral Architect, who is playing a dangerous game of double-dealing; Evelyn Marsden, the spinster whose home is at stake; Rowena Hunt, head of the Friends of the Cathedral, whose own ambitions drive her into an unholy alliance with the Dean; and even Police Inspector Michael Drewitt, who spends more of his off-duty time in the Close than a married man should. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Death at the Deanery - sudden and unnatural death. Someone should have seen it coming. For even before Stuart Latimer arrives as the new Dean of Malbury Cathedral, shock waves reverberate through the tightly-knit and insular Cathedral Close, heralding sweeping changes in a community that is not open to change. And the reality is even worse than the expectation - the Dean's naked ambition and ruthless behaviour alienate everyone in the Chapter: the Canons, gentle John Kingsley, vague Rupert Greenwood, pompous Philip Thetford, and especially Subdean Arthur Brydges-ffrench, a traditionalist who resists change most strongly of all. Others in the Close have reason to fear the Dean as well: Jeremy Bartlett, the Cathedral Architect, who is playing a dangerous game of double-dealing; Evelyn Marsden, the spinster whose home is at stake; Rowena Hunt, head of the Friends of the Cathedral, whose own ambitions drive her into an unholy alliance with the Dean; and even Police Inspector Michael Drewitt, who spends more of his off-duty time in the Close than a married man should. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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I enjoy all Kate Charles books - they are an easy read but also true to life, always having an unexpected ending.
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The Saga or David and Lucy
8 Mar 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The ongoing romantic saga of Lucy and David is the central theme to this book. Will she finally agree to marry him? Will he ask her again? Another wonderful easy to read cozy murder mystery from Kate Charles. I've certainly learned more about the Anglican church than I knew before and I was brought up in this religion! Her characters jump off the page with life and death of course and I was kept guessing until the end who dunnit.
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