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Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love (Grantchester, Bk 6)
Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love - Grantchester, Bk 6 Author:James Runcie It is May 1071 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Attending to his paternal duties, Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in the woods with his daughter, Anna, and their aging Labrador, Byron, when they stumble upon a body. Beside the dead man lies a basket of wild flowers, all poisonous. And so it is that Sidney is thru... more »st into another murder investigation, entering a world of hippies, folk singers, and psychedlic plants, where love triangles and permissive behavior seem to hide something darker.
Despite the tranquil appearance of the diocese of Ely, there is much to keep Sidney and his old friend Detective Inspector Geordie Keating as busy as ever. A historic religious text vanishes from a Cambridge college; Sidney's former flame Amanda Richmond gets a whiff of art-world corruption; and his nephew disappears in the long, hot summer of 1976.
Meanwhile, Sidney comes face-to-face with the divine mysteries of life and love while wrestling with earthly problems - from parish scandals and an alarmingly progressive new secretary to his own domestic misdemeanors, the challenges of parenthood, and a great loss.« less