[Reverend Shaw Mysteries 06] • Murder At Evensong

Suffolk, 1934: when the Very Reverend Eckhart Vale, the ‘Red Dean’ of Midchester Cathedral, falls to his death during Evensong, the police are only too quick to dismiss the whole affair as a tragic accident, and the only guilty party some rotten wooden railings.

The Reverend Lucian Shaw, bicycling enthusiast, country parson and former army chaplain, is the only person to have seen the Dean fall, and begins to ask questions - questions that lead him into very dangerous waters.

Who is loitering in the Cathedral Close at night, keeping watch on the houses? Why has Shaw been categorically warned off by the police? Who - or what - was the mysterious figure he glimpsed behind the Dean moments before his death? Could there be, as the servants darkly whisper, demonic influences at work?

Shaw begins to realise that something very sinister is afoot in the ancient cathedral, but will he survive long enough to find out what?

Readers who love Golden Age detective fiction by writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers will enjoy this affectionate tribute to the genre.

The Reverend Shaw books in order The books are self-contained and do not need to be read in order. A Third Class Murder, The King is Dead, The Wooden Witness, Death on the Night Train, Murder in Act Three and Murder at Evensong.