Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil [Paperback]

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

It is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his first year of married life with his German bride Hildegard. But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long.

Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an 'accidental' drowning on a film shoot may not have been so accidental after all; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas, 1963.

In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfil the demands of Dickens, his faithful Labrador, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love.

The third in 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series  six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history  these four longer stories are guaranteed to delight the many fans of Canon Sidney Chambers.

James Runcieis the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as director of the Bath Literary Festival and, prior to the Sidney Chambers series, author of four novels,The Discovery of Chocolate,The Color of Heaven,Canvey Island, andEast Fortune. He is also an award-winning filmmaker and theater director and has scripted several films for the BBC. He directed a documentary following a year in the life of J. K. Rowling. James Runcie lives in London and Edinburgh.The first in a series of six detective novels set against the backdrop of 30 years of British history, featuring an unforgettable and unlikely new hero, Sidney Chambers.Runcie strikes a low-key balance of theology, humor, drama and crime in this collection of ecclesiastical cozies. Kirkus