I bought this from the fundraising shelves within the cafe area of Grewelthorpe Village Hall last night while enjoying an evening of English Country Dancing. As it was the last time the club will be meeting there, this is probably the last time I'll make a donation to their funds!
I chose it because I have a ticket to see James Runcie, author, and Robson Green, who plays Geordie in the TV adaptations of the Grantchester mysteries, in Harrogate in a couple of weeks at an event organised as part of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, yet have never actually read any of the books, only watched the TV versions! Now I can remedy that before I see/hear them!

Amazon Editorial Review: "Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is beginning to think that the life of a full-time priest (and part-time detective) is not easy. So when a bewitching divorcee in a mink coat interrupts Sidney's family lunch asking him to help locate her missing son, he hopes it will be an open and shut case. The last thing he expects is to be dragged into the mysterious workings of a sinister cult, or to find himself tangled up in another murder investigation. But, as always, the village of Grantchester is not as peaceful as it seems...From the theft of an heirloom to an ominous case of blackmail, Sidney is once again rushed off his feet in this eagerly anticipated fifth instalment in The Grantchester Mysteries series."

A surprising writing style for something I took be a mystery/crime series, albeit a cosy one. It's quite lyrical with descriptive details of nature, people, places, the weather, scenery . . . .
And with each chapter having a different plot/mystery, it reads more like a collection of short stories than a novel.
It wasn't what I was expecting!
I enjoyed it and would happily read others in the series but I won't go out of my way to find any.
Meanwhile, I'll keep watching the TV adaptations whenever they're aired!

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Picked up at the Leeds Meet-up.

I haven't watched the TV series so have no idea what to expect!

Sorry you couldn't be there today Nu-knees we'll hopefully catch up before too long 😊

I didn't realise that this was short stories & while I'm not a fan of them on the whole, crime shorts are the only ones I can expect to enjoy - but not in this case.

To be honest, I found the stories a bit monotonous so the book was a bit of a struggle. It didn't help that I found the characters to be rather tedious as well & what with the seemingly complicated histories between them, it's maybe no surprise that I didn't warm to any of them.... & then there was the random appearance of Pink Floyd's Roger Waters which I found more than a little bizarre.

Overall impression? Disappointing...sorry....

Passed to a neighbour to read & pass on
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