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Former script writer for Spitting Image and Sony Award winner, Simon Parke is author of the Abbot Peter murder mystery series and the historical novel The Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and her Lover. Away from publishing, Simon is CEO of The Mind Clinic and enjoys the loneliness of the long distance runner.
Title: The Indecent Death of a Madam: An Abbot Peter Mystery (Abbot Peter Mystery 5)
Author: Parke, Simon
ISBN: 9781910674482
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Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Publication Date: 2017-09-21
Number of Pages: 288
Weight: 0.2201 kg
Cunningly plotted, scary and darkly funny . . . the dialogue crackles as crisply as ever. * Church Times *
Abbot Peter is a true original. * Daily Mail *
To a long list of much-loved detective pairings, which includes Holmes and Watson, Poirot and Hastings, and Morse and Lewis, we must now add Abbot Peter and Tamsin Shah. * Church Times *
He is a brilliant creation. Clever. Rounded. Articulate and real. It may take a few years for him to be accepted as one of the greats. But . . . he will be. -- Tim Hastie-Smith, National Director of Scripture Union
The characters that Parke pens are convincing, and the dialogue is rich and entertaining. -- The Revd Professor Nicolas Goulding * Church Times *
[Reviews of earlier Abbot Peter mysteries, A Director's Cut (2014), A Psychiatrist Screams (2013) and A Vicar Crucified (2013, all DLT)]: Highly original . . . very different from most detective stories * Clerical Detectives *
An engrossing page-turning thriller, propelling the reader through its multiple twists and turns and keeping one guessing until the final unpredictable - yet satisfying - denouement. * Irish Independent *
A nicely plotted, swiftly paced yarn, full of teases . . . Parke evokes the creepiness of the setting marvellously. He has a stunning ear for the way people actually speak, with pages of uninterrupted dialogue flashing by with the speed of a radio play. * Church Times *
