Max has ministered to the community long enough to be familiar with alliances and animosities among the residents, but this tragedy confounds him. The death looks like an accident, but Max's training as a former agent kicks in, and before long he suspects foul play. But this serenity is quickly shattered when the highly vocal and unpopular president of the Women's Institute turns up dead at the Harvest Fayre. Now he has found a measure of peace among urban escapees and yoga practitioners, artists and New Agers. This quaint town seems to be the perfect new home for Max, who has fled a harrowing past serving in the British counter-intelligence agency, the MI5. A wonderful read.” -Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling authorHaving spent almost three years in the idyllic village of Nether Monkslip, Max Tudor is well acclimated to his post as vicar at the church of St. Malliet's arch tone and wry humor make her a writer to be treasured." -Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author“Rarely have I read descriptions that have left me gasping, in both their hilarity and their painful truth. One of The Boston Globe's Best Mysteries of 2011 One of Library Journal's Best Mystery Books of 2011 "Hugely funny, exquisitely well written, a tongue-in-cheek village mystery to be savored.
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