- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; New edition edition (23 Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0881503193
- ISBN-13: 978-0881503197
- Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 11.1 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 961,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Fr. Battersby, the Bishop's appointee as vicar in Hexton-on-Weir, turns out to be steadfastly celibate, the town's female population unites to force him out. "It's the women who rule in Hexton", and a vicar without a wife is unthinkable to the point of murder.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you like a good mystery and a good comedy but have a difficuly time finding the two together, then this is the book for you! Barnard is an expert and combining a very intriguing mystery with the highest (and sometimes lowest) comedy i have ever read. He is truly and artist. This book is rich in intrigue, laughs, and suspense until the very last sentence (and I do mean the VERY last sentence so don't read it first or everything will be ruined!!) Anyway, I highly recommend this book to anyone with a love of mystery and a great sense of humor!!
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
This is a great comic-suspense story! Highly recommended!
11 April 1997
Format:Paperback
If you like a good mystery and a good comedy but have a difficuly time finding the two together, then this is the book for you! Barnard is an expert and combining a very intriguing mystery with the highest (and sometimes lowest) comedy i have ever read. He is truly and artist. This book is rich in intrigue, laughs, and suspense until the very last sentence (and I do mean the VERY last sentence so don't read it first or everything will be ruined!!) Anyway, I highly recommend this book to anyone with a love of mystery and a great sense of humor!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A story with a Christie-like twist--well done
24 Nov 2009
Format:Paperback
It's always flattering to stumble across a writer who shares one's views of the strengths and weaknesses of another writer, as Barnard shares mine of Agatha Christie. In reading his own mysteries since, I've come to the conclusion that, unlike Christie, Barnard is at his best in short fiction, rather than the novel. But he does very well in this novel. It's a little slow going at first, as he sets the scene in a sleepy English village, but sticking with it proves to be well worth the wait once the murder happens. Barnard leads the reader down a primrose path that's worthy of Christie at her best; I'd doubt anyone who claimed to have seen the solution coming. Nor is it a "cheat"; all the clues were there, the solution doesn't insult the reader's intelligence or sense of justice, and the summing up is emotionally satisfying.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Very English, but modestly plotted
4 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
Fans of British country mysteries will find a lot to enjoy here: a quaint village in the clutches of provincial attitudes, a quirky Anglican priest, ruins of a castle, a church fete on the village meadow, etc. Barnard's narrator is a feisty,opinionated teacher and it is a pleasure to see all of this through her cynical eye. But the plot is wanting and a mystery in this style without a delectable, twisty plot is just an Angela Thirkell novel.
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