{"product_id":"sidney-chambers-and-the-shadow-of-death-grantchester-mysteries-1","title":"Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1","description":"The first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS\/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective.\n\nIt is 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II . Sidney Chambers, vicar of Grantchester and honorary canon of Ely Cathedral, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair, eyes the color of hazelnuts, and a reassuringly gentle manner, Sidney is an unconventional clerical detective. He can go where the police cannot.\n\nTogether with his roguish friend, inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewelry theft at a New Year's Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a jazz promoter's daughter, and a shocking art forgery that puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty, but he nonetheless manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket, warm beer, and hot jazz-as well as a curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior.\n\nWith a whiff of Agatha Christie and a touch of G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown, The Grantchester Mysteries introduces a wonderful new hero into the world of detective fiction.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1608198561\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1608198561.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Runcie, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452478079153,"sku":"RDV.1608198561.VG","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1608198561-0.jpg?v=1781546877","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/sidney-chambers-and-the-shadow-of-death-grantchester-mysteries-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}