Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London; 2014. 8vo. 287pp. First edition, first impression. Condition: Fine/Fine
Binding is square and tight and in excellent condition, free from marks or damage. Inside, the pages are clean and bright with no marks or wear to speak of, the book appears unread and virtually as new.
The book is housed in its original, first issue, dust jacket, which is in equally smart condition, clean, bright and vibrant. It is protected in a mylar sleeve.
In all, this is a beautiful example of this first edition from the Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie. This is the third novel in the series, and it is set in the 1960s. Canon Sidney Chambers is settling into married life with his German bride Hildegard. But things in Grantchester rarely stay quiet for long. Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has 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 not have been so accidental after all; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas, 1963.