The Perils of the Night James Runcie has put a sometimes-reluctant pastor, often-accidental detective Canon Sidney Chambers in 1950s Cambridge. Chambers is a townie, one of the few outsiders tolerated by the establishment. When a thrill-seeker falls to his death while scaling a cathedral tower,…
REVIEW: THE DAMNATION OF JOHN DONELLAN by Elizabeth Cooke
It has all the makings of a Georgian era Agatha Christie novel — a house full of suspects, bizarre alibis, unsubstantiated timelines, inheritances, jealousy, and a bottle or two of poison. When young soon-to-be baronet Theodosius Boughton dies unexpectedly one morning, a scandal erupts in the quiet countryside county of Warwickshire. Although not in tip-top…