Richard Reverend Coles Livres

The high-profile clergyman's account of losing his partner of 12 years and coping with 'the madness of grief' after his death

The memoir of popular BBC Radio 4 SATURDAY LIVE presenter and former member of the Communards, the Reverend Richard Coles.

After his debut with Murder Before Evensong, Canon Clement returns in this new novel from no. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and all-around national treasure the Reverend Richard Coles.

THE INSTANTLY ICONIC NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Devotees of Midsomer Murders and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories will feel most at home here' Guardian 'I've been waiting for a novel with vicars, rude old ladies, murder and sausage dogs... et voila!' Dawn French 'Cosy crime with a cutting edge' Telegraph 'Whodunnit fans can give praise and rejoice' Ian Rankin 'Charming and funny' Observer Even better than I knew it would be' India Knight 'Quintessentially English' Sunday Express 'An absolute joy' Adam Kay ''Wry, tongue-in cheek and whimsical' Daily Mail 'Glorious' Robert Webb 'Beautifully written, charming, funny, intelligent and mordant too' Sunday Times 'Pitch perfect' Philip Pullman 'A cunning whodunnit' Daily Express Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village. And then Anthony Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton - is found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his community together... and catch a killer.

Canon Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover takes respite at the monastery where he was a novice. But the monastery doesn't allow the break he needs, for tensions are building there too. There is a death at the monastery, and Daniel thinks it might be murder. Meanwhile back at Champton, Daniel is the subject of village gossip, his mother Audrey is up to something again, there's trouble at the dress shop, trouble up at the big house, and the puppies are running riot. As dark secrets unfold, can Daniel solve the mystery at the monastery without the help of Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo?

The book of the brilliant BBC Radio 4 series, Three Vicars Talking, in which the Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser discuss birth, marriage, funerals, Christmas - and Easter in a time of coronavirus.

The Revd Richard Coles' reflective account of life as a parish priest and broadcaster on BBC Radio 4's SATURDAY LIVE.

From St Edith of Wilton, who beat up the Devil, to St Eutychius of Phrygia, who fell asleep and dropped from a window ledge while listening to a sermon of the Apostle Paul, only to be raised from the dead, here are 180 more astonishing stories of the saints ofChristian legend from best-selling author Richard Coles and illustrator Ted Harrison.

Communard-turned-priest and Radio 4 broadcaster Richard Coles' quirky guide to the saints.

Der Nr.1-Bestseller aus Großbritannien für alle Fans von Miss Marple und Pater Brown. Es ist einige Monate her, seit ein Mord die Gemeinde von Pfarrer Daniel Clement in Aufruhr versetzte. Er selbst konnte den Fall aufklären, nun hofft er auf ruhigere Zeiten im beschaulichen Champton. Doch da naht bereits die nächste Krise in Gestalt eines Geistlichen, der im Nachbarort seinen Dienst antritt. Er teilt sich die Betreuung seiner Schäfchen mit Daniel, doch die beiden könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Der milde, verständnisvolle Daniel trifft in Chris Biddle auf einen strengen Verfechter von Ordnung und Regeln – nicht immer zur Freude seiner Frau und beiden Kinder. Dann geraten ausgerechnet die Biddles in den Mittelpunkt eines schrecklichen Verbrechens: Ihr Sohn wird tot aufgefunden, offenbar wurde er das Opfer eines Ritualmords. Und Daniel muss den Täter finden, bevor das Böse Kreise zieht ... »Wären doch alle Pfarrer wie Daniel Clement, dessen Mitgefühl für seine Schäfchen auf gesundem Menschenverstand beruht und durch Witz ergänzt wird. Für mich ist Coles derzeit der beste Cosy-Crime-Autor.« The Telegraph