Murder in a Cathedral (Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mysteries, 7) - Softcover

Edwards, Ruth Dudley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590581342 ISBN 13: 9781590581346

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2010

Synopsis

For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when Norman Cooper, an austere, intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, there is shock, outrage and fear. David Elworthy, the gentle and politically innocent new bishop, is distraught at the prospect of warfare between the factions; contentious issues include the camp lady chapel and the gay memorial under construction in the deanery garden. Desperate for help, Elworthy cries on the shoulder of his old friend, the redoubtable Baroness Troutbeck, who forces her unofficial troubleshooter, Robert Amiss, to move into the bishop's palace. Amiss, Troutbeck and the cat Plutarch address themselves in their various ways to the bishop's problems, which very soon include a clerical corpse in the cathedral. Is it suicide? Or is it murder? And who is likely to be next?

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards was born and brought up in Dublin, Ireland. Since she graduated she has lived in England, where she has been a teacher, a Cambridge postgraduate student, a marketing executive, a civil servant and, finally, a freelance writer, journalist and broadcaster.An historian and prize-winning biographer, her recent non-fiction includes the authorized history of The Economist, a portrait of the British Foreign Office and a book about the newspaper world of the mid-twentieth century. She uses her knowledge of the British establishment in her satirical crime novels: targets so far include the civil service, gentlemen’s clubs, Cambridge colleges, the House of Lords, the Church of England, publishing, literary prizes and - always - political correctness. She has three times been short-listed for awards from the Crime Writers’ Association. www.ruthdudleyedwards.com

Review:

This blithe series puts itself on the side of the angels by merrily, and staunchly, subverting every tenet of political correctness. -- Patricia Craig, The Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1590581342
• ISBN 13: 9781590581346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240