Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation: Grantchester Mysteries 5

By James Runcie

Book Overview

The fifth installment in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester.

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It's the summer of love in late 1960s. The Apollo 11 astronauts are preparing to land on the moon, the war in Biafra dominates the news and Basil D'Oliveira has just been dropped from the England cricket team before a test series in apartheid South Africa. In the midst of all this change, Sidney Chambers, the loveable English clergyman, continues his amateur sleuthing investigations.

A bewitching divorc e enlists Sidney's help in convincing her son to leave a hippie commune' at a soiree on Grantchester Meadows during May Week celebrations, a student is divested of a family heirloom; Amanda's marriage runs into trouble; Sidney and Hildegard holiday behind the Iron Curtain; Mrs. Maguire's husband returns from the dead; and an arson attack in Cambridge leads Sidney to uncover a cruel cast of blackmail involving his former curate.

In the rare gaps between church and crime, Sidney struggles with a persistent case of toothache, has his first flutter at the Newmarket races, and witnesses the creation of a classic rock song.

Charming, witty, intelligent, and filled with a strong sense of compassion, these six new stories are guaranteed to satisfy and delight this clerical detective's many fans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632865661
• ISBN13: 9781632865663
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Grantchester Mysteries Continue to Entrance Me

This is my 5th Grantchester Mystery. I have become entranced with the fascinating characters, old and new, that James Runcie so flawlessly weaves into his charming and engrossing tales. The characters from the previous books continue to puzzle and surprise as do the twists and turns these new mystery tales take. I especially enjoy the clever and witty contretemps between amateur detective Archdeacon Sidney Chambers and his friend Inspector Geordie Keating who recognizes and employs Sidney's skill in interviewing and gentle cross-examining. The six mysteries in this volume range from the theft of an heirloom sapphire necklace from Ceylon to a nasty case of blackmail. Each tale is a gem.