Puzzles of the Parish: Short Tales of Ministers, Murder and Mystery (British Library Crime Classics, Band 151) - Softcover

Chesterton, G. K.; Gilbert, Michael; Porter, Joyce; Bailey, H. C.; Hare, Cyril; Crispin, Edmund; Fletcher, J. S.; Lovesey, Peter; Aird, Catherine

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ISBN 10: 0712369406 ISBN 13: 9780712369404

Verlag: British Library Publishing, 2026

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"I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair - here, in the room in which the Bishop's body was found."

A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector's wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector.

Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and villainous perpetrators of the devil's work. Replete with a fascinating introduction and notes from one of the guiding lights of crime fiction, Martin Edwards, this anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail, from a congregation of writers including Joyce Porter, H. C. Bailey, Cyril Hare and Edmund Crispin.

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Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is a CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer and president of the Detection Club. He has researched and explored the history of the crime and mystery genre in titles such as The Golden Age of Murder, The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books published by the British Library and The Life of Crime.

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“I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair – here, in the room in which the Bishop’s body was found.” A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector’s wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector. Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of c

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• Verlag: British Library Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0712369406
• ISBN 13: 9780712369404
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Herausgeber: Edwards Martin
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