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"'It takes someone with the skill of Kate Charles to remind us that murder among the middle classes can be just as chilling and credible as death on the mean streets...the dark secrets of people passionately committed to keeping up appearances produces and intelligent and convincing story. One to hide from the vicar.' Val McDermid"
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Life in the clergy is quiet, respectful, peaceful -- or so Callie Anson believed when she began her new job as curate to Reverend Brian Stanford. Little did she realise how wrong she could be.
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On the afternoon of her first official Sunday as Curate of All Saints', Paddington, murder was the last thing on Callie Anson's mind. Read the first page
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On the afternoon of her first official Sunday as Curate of All Saints', Paddington, murder was the last thing on Callie Anson's mind. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am not a fan of crime fiction and not a church-goer but was recommended to read Evil Intent and was immediately struck by the roundness and plausibility of the characters and by the handling of the ecclesiatical themes. Without ever feeling I was being manipulated by the author, I nevertheless found myself turning pages, eager to know how things would turn out for each of her human creations and I became intrigued with the unfamiliar (to me) accounts of conflicting factions within the Church of England. The ecclesiastical scenario might easily have suggested stereotypical characters and events: Kate Charles succeeds in going beyond the stereotypes and in creating a convincing, living chunk of current Anglican life. And, yes, I was caught out at several turns when I thought I'd guessed who had done it. This is my first Kate Charles and I am looking forward to reading more.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kate Charles'study of the tensions within the church and within society continues in 'Evil Intent'as she explores the issue of spiritual and moral authority: who holds it, who opposes it and what underlies the strong feelings about leadership by women and gay clergy. She symbolises this, as ever, by means of a murder story. So who, amongst these liberal and conservative holy people, is really dangerous? And is that relevant, as well as being a good read? Yes, I think it is. Religion is significant in political agendas and has its own form of politics that can be just as dirty. Kate Charles heightens the contrasts to show something real, and is clever enough to keep us questioning our own sympathies and assumptions.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My wife and I made the mistake of starting the book at the same time. We didn't want to put it down, but had to - to let each other read it. My wife has read Kate Charles before, but this was a first for me. We agreed that the plot was well constructed, and it kept us guessing (wrongly) to the grisly end. The characters were well rounded and believable, without being caricatures. Not least, it was a novel that made us think more about the issues facing today's Church, without preaching to us!
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Oh dear, this was a 320 page novel that could easily have been condensed to 20 pages. So thin on plot and charterisation that half way through I read every other page and was still... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by Miss Bookish
Jealousy, intolerance, murder and scandal!
The issues some of the characters faced in the story were very real and the characters themselves were believable. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2008 by Helen Simpson
Kate Charles better than ever!
I was thrilled to read a new Kate Charles novel and thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot is compelling and the characters colorful. Read more
Published on 6 May 2005
Evil Intent
I have read all of Kate Charles' novels and was looking forward to "Evil Intent", however, I was rather disappointed. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2005
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