A Death in the Parish, Richard Coles
A Death in the Parish, Richard Coles
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A Death in the Parish
The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller

Author: Richard Coles

Narrator: Richard Coles

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/08/2023

Synopsis

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG

CANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel's problems. His mother - headstrong, fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...

About Richard Coles

THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presented Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 for a number of years and appears, from time to time, on QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You? He has won Christmas MasterChef, Celebrity Mastermind twice, and captained Leeds to victory in Christmas University Challenge in 2019. A contestant on Strictly Come Dancing (2017) and a third place finalist on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2024) he exhibits huge bravery. He writes regularly for the Sunday Times, and is the author of half a dozen books, including a bestselling autobiography, Fathomless Riches, and the bereavement bestseller The Madness of Grief, written after the death of his partner, David Coles. The first three books in the Canon Clement series have all been No.1 Sunday Times bestsellers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Helena

It wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that a story written by a Reverent and featuring a Canon as the main character might be a cozy mystery. Which just goes to show how dangerous it is to assume anything. Not to be too mysterious about it, the murder victim in this book is a teenage boy, killed on a......more

Goodreads review by Louise

Two books in, and the Reverend Richard Coles' Champton is now firmly on my list of literary places where I enjoy spending time. And now I know *when* the stories are set, thanks to the large part played in this novel by Something's Got A Hold Of My Heart by Gene Pitney and Marc Almond, and numerous r......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

The story is ok, the characters are made for TV and it is terribly British. But there is far to much theology and bible quotations and verse after verse of hymns. Not for me.......more

Goodreads review by Janet

My thoughts on A Death In the Parish are quite muddled. I enjoyed the first in the series and started this second full of confidence that I’d feel the same again. And yet… there was a lot I felt uncomfortable about (some of which was also an issue in the first book, some of which was new). First off......more

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The best of the new writers to have emerged from the "cosy crime" boom... with a pleasingly idiosyncratic, allusive style THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

It's proper Miss Marple territory... for an intelligent study of human nature that transports you to a tranquil church where a choir is singing Brother James's Air, it's unbeatable. COUNTRY LIFE

The sequel to Murder Before Evensong is every bit as intriguing at the Rev Coles' debut... Nicely paced, this whodunnit will leave you on tenterhooks. BELFAST TELEGRAPH

Great cosy crime. THE I PAPER, Best Books for June

Gloriously astute on the details of village interactions... [this is] charming, cosy crime. OBSERVER

Full of intrigue, this is a thoroughly entertaining sequel. MY WEEKLY

A good holiday read, with much gentle humour peppered among the village characters. INDEPENDENT

First-class entertainment but with more of an edge than most "cosy crime" books. DAILY MIRROR

Praise be!.. Fans still in withdrawal after Coles's withdrawal from Radio 4's Saturday Live can once again bask in his wit, wisdom and insight. SAGA MAGAZINE

A book to appreciate as well as enjoy. THE CRITIC

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