Murder Before Evensong

ISBN:: 978-1-4746-1265-4

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda.

When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village.

And then Anthony Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton - is found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his community together . . . and catch a killer.

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Angrboda reviewed Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles

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3 stars

It's like... Midsomer Murders, but with no Barnaby.

Some characters who became significant, I had to go back and look up who they even where as I absolutely could not recall having "met" them before. It made the ending feel a little contrived, to be honest. I don't think I'll be keeping an eye out for anything else in this series, although I might be up for something similar, but better.