Murder before evensong - Richard Coles

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Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his
widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey
- and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda.
When Daniel announces
a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and
unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come
dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village.
And
then Anthony Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton
- is found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and
the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep
his community together... and catch a
killer.