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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful. This series gets better with every book!By Kindle CustomerThis is the third in the Grantchester Mystery series, and the best one yet. But don't start here - they pretty much need to be read in order of publication.Runcie is able to combine interesting mystery plots with great character development. Sydney Chambers is an Anglican priest, and now a married man. His struggle to integrate his priestly duties, his relationship to his new wife, and the talent he has to solve crimes (which most of his CoE colleagues consider a distraction at best, and a possible career-ender at worst) is shown really well.I think the best and most unusual aspect of these books is Runcie's deft portrayal of the inner workings of Sydney's mind. So few fictional characters have an intellectual life, let alone a theological life.However. I do want to say that one doesn't need to be a rabid Anglican (as I am) to appreciate this series. My atheist nephew (who reads many British mysteries) assures me that the mysteries themselves, and the excellence of the writing make the series accessible to a wide audience.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Good mysteries, and a discussion of faithBy Glynn Young“Evil could seed itself in the quietest places and grow unchecked for years, spreading its malevolent influence until it was too late to stop.”No, that’s not a commentary on the current U.S. presidential cycle. That’s the fictional Sidney Chambers, Anglican vicar of a church in Grantchester near Cambridge in the United Kingdom, musing to himself in James Runcie’s “Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil.”Runcie, an author and film producer, has written a continuing series of stories about Sidney Chambers which form the basis for the popular ITV (in the U.S.) and PBS (in the U.S.) series Grantchester (season 2 begins on PBS on March 27). Each of the four volumes are collections of stories, done in independent-yet-related-story style of John Mortimer’s “Rumpole of the Bailey.” “Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil” is the third in the series, and rather than the expected six stories in the volume of its two predecessors, it’s comprised of four longer stories.The stories cover the period 1962 to 1963, and Runcie includes enough factual events of the period to provide a context of authenticity – the rededication of Coventry Cathedral, the death of C.S. Lewis, geopolitical developments, and others.In the title story, “The Problem of Evil.” Sidney helps local Inspector Geordie Keating investigate what becomes a series of murders – of local vicars. The case starts with two dead doves left of Chambers’ doorstep, and escalates to something far worse.In “Female, Nude,” Sidney is attending an art exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge when a young woman removes her long fur coat and makes rather a spectacle of her nude self as she sings a French song. Minutes later, a painting is discovered to have been cut from its frame, stolen.In “Death by Water,” Sidney finds himself playing a minor role in a movie production of “The Nine Tailors” by mystery writer Dorothy Sayers, courtesy of a friend who is the director and wants to film in an “authentic local area” like Grantchester. Sidney plays (surprise) a vicar, and is learning the ups and downs (and moral highs and lows) of the movie businesses when one of the actors dies in what looks like, but isn’t, an accident.The final story, “Christmas, 1963,” a baby is stolen from the maternity ward of the local Cambridge hospital, and Sidney has a case of double anxiety over it, for his wife Hildegard is imminently expecting their first child.Through these collections of stories, Runcie is advancing Sidney both chronologically (the series starts in the 1950s) as well as spiritually. Sidney is familiar to us as a man of faith who wrestles with doubt and issues just as much as the rest of us do. He could easily have become either a failed priest or a hard-shell one, but Runcie makes him real, his humanity and flaws recognizable because we share them.“Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil” is not only a collection of good mystery stories, but also a discussion of the frailties and strengths of faith.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A unique slant on British detectingBy JT HokieAfter enjoying the Grantchester Mysteries on PBS this year, I bought two more collections of Runcie's Sidney Chambers novelettes. This one had several separate mysteries. The cast of characters mature, as does their relationship with one another...so if you embark on this literary journey, start out and read them in order. The mysteries are interesting and entertaining...although they seem to be solved almost too quickly just pages from the end of each story. Runcie gets into some pretty deep theology as Sidney (a decorated World War II veteran- turned vicar) grapples with his human weaknesses and his dealing with the inherent evil which sometimes arises from human relationships gone awry. I wondered about that until I read that Runcie grew up as son of the Bishop of Canterbury. What better background from which to write about the humanity and conflict that an Anglican priest can experience. All in all, enjoyable reading. Take it to the beach, or put it on the nightstand. You won't be disappointed.

Our favorite clerical detective is back with four longer mysteries in which Canon Sidney Chambers attempts to stop a serial killer with a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an “accidental” drowning on a film shoot may have been something more sinister; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital just before Christmas 1963. In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfill the demands of his faithful Labrador, Dickens, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love.

From BooklistAnglican Canon Sidney Chambers, like his friend and colleague, Inspector Geordie Keating, is never off duty. Yet Chambers must balance his clerical obligations, his recent marriage, and the detective work he relishes, plus a role in a film based on a Dorothy Sayers novel, while bearing in mind his archdeacon’s directive to avoid distractions from his religious life. Warning aside, Chambers is instrumental in solving four crimes in 1962–63 in and around Grantchester: three murders by a killer targeting clergymen, the theft of a museum painting, the seemingly accidental death of a movie actor, and the abduction of a baby from a hospital. While so many crimes in a single volume may distract new readers of the Grantchester mysteries, of which this is the third of a projected six, Runcie’s gently persistent protagonist is almost sure to win fans, whether he’s engaged in active sleuthing or musing on the nature of evil or love. Major life changes here lead to new beginnings for Chambers that should whet interest in future volumes of these charming cozies just touched with sex and violence. --Michele Leber “Runcie strikes a low-key balance of theology, humor, drama and crime in this collection of ecclesiastical cozies.” ?KirkusAbout the AuthorJames Runcie is the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as director of the Bath Literary Festival and, prior to the Sidney Chambers series, author of four novels, The Discovery of Chocolate, The Color of Heaven, Canvey Island, and East Fortune. He is also an award-winning filmmaker and theater director and has scripted several films for the BBC. He directed a documentary following a year in the life of J. K. Rowling. James Runcie lives in London and Edinburgh.

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