Murder In A Cathedral: Signed

Edwards, Ruth Dudley

ISBN 10: 0312155972 / ISBN 13: 9780312155971

Published by Thomas Dunne Books, U.S.A., 1997

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An Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Murder In A Cathedral: Signed
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312155972
• ISBN 13: 9780312155971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1ST.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

When Norm Cooper, the straightlaced new dean of Canon Flubert, turns up dead, Robert Amiss and the Baroness find themselves investigating radical gay priests, feminist witches, and evil cult members, who all had much to gain from Norm Cooper's demise.

Reviews

In a seventh outing, ex-civil servant Robert Amiss (Ten Lords A Leapin', 1996, etc.) is unable, as usual, to resist the pressure of his abrasive but good-hearted, longtime friend Ida (Jack) Troutbeck, now baroness. This time, she wants him to take a job as assistant to David Elworthy, just appointed Bishop of the Church of England's Westonbury Cathedral. David, recently widowed, is unable to cope with the five eccentric, mostly gay canons who run things, let alone the newly chosen Dean--Norman Cooper, a fundamentalist married for just a year to Bible-spouting Tilly. Robert makes friendly overtures to the canons--organist Jeremy Flubert, who cares for nothing but his music; the sweet and clever Cecil Davage; campy and aristocracy-obsessed Dominic Fedden-Jones; pallid Sebastian Trustrum; and unhappy Alice Wolpurtstone. The arrival of the Dean and Tilly, after a trip to America's Bible Belt, and the possibility that Cooper might bring to Westonbury the Reverend Beverly Johns, known as the ``Rev Bev,'' to conduct his foot- stamping, hand-clapping sermons in the sacred precincts of the Cathedral (a move that must be approved by a canon majority) set off a wave of vandalism, thievery, suicide, and murder. Robert's Scotland Yard buddy Ellis Pooley lends a hand to diffident, soon- to-retire, prizewinning flower-grower Superintendent Godson, but it's Robert who deciphers the crucial key to the whole messy business. Sporadically amusing if the reader overlooks the hyped-up, near-hysterical plotting and concentrates on the literate, arch, but often funny verbal exchanges. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

The new bishop of Westonbury Cathedral, an institution long dominated by a cadre of High-Church gays, wishes to avoid ugly confrontation when an intolerant new American dean arrives. The bishop confides in Baroness Troutbeck, who sends series sleuth Robert Amiss (e.g., Ten Lords a-Leaping, LJ 7/96) to the rescue?but not in time to prevent murder. An appealing and humorous series.
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