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Appointed to Die
Kate Charles
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Description for Appointed to Die
Paperback. The third in the Book of Psalms mysteries. 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, shock waves are reverberating through the tightly-knit and insular Cathedral Close, with sweeping changes afoot. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
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, shock waves are reverberating through the tightly-knit and insular Cathedral Close, with sweeping changes afoot. And the reality is even worse than the expectation. The Dean’s naked ambition and ruthless behaviour alienate everyone in the Chapter: the gentle John Kingsley, vague Rupert Greenwood, pompous Philip Thetford and, especially, the strongly traditionalist Arthur Brydges-ffrench. Financial jiggery-pokery, clandestine meetings, malicious gossip, and several people who witness more than they ought to, make for a ... Read more
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, shock waves are reverberating through the tightly-knit and insular Cathedral Close, with sweeping changes afoot. And the reality is even worse than the expectation. The Dean’s naked ambition and ruthless behaviour alienate everyone in the Chapter: the gentle John Kingsley, vague Rupert Greenwood, pompous Philip Thetford and, especially, the strongly traditionalist Arthur Brydges-ffrench. Financial jiggery-pokery, clandestine meetings, malicious gossip, and several people who witness more than they ought to, make for a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
316g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910674116
SKU
V9781910674116
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About Kate Charles
Kate Charles, who was described by the Oxford Times as 'a most English writer', is in fact an expatriate American, though an unashamedly Anglophilic one. She has a special interest and expertise in clerical mysteries, and lectures frequently on crime novels with church backgrounds. Kate lives in Bedford with her husband and their dog, and is a former Chairman of ... Read more
Reviews for Appointed to Die
A disarming comedy of clerical manners . . . What you'd expect if Trollope decided that what the Barsetshire novels needed to juice them up was a tincture of illicit (albeit well-bred) passion and homicide.
Kirkus Reviews
Fascinating behind the scenes cathedral politics
Sunday Telegraph
KATE Charles’s earlier series of mystery books, "A Book of Psalms ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews
Fascinating behind the scenes cathedral politics
Sunday Telegraph
KATE Charles’s earlier series of mystery books, "A Book of Psalms ... Read more