BookList - Margaret Flanagan
Dauntless Deaconess Theodora Braithwaite reprises her role as a reluctant detective, utilizing her own peculiar brands of psychology and theology in an attempt to solve the perplexing murder of an Anglican priest. When the inert body of Father Hereward Marr, an abusive inebriate who had succeeded in alienating his beleaguered wife and most of his long-suffering congregation, is discovered at the bottom of a pit in his church, the bishop prevails upon Theodora to make a few discreet inquiries into the unsavory nature of his life and death. As Theo's investigation progresses, she exposes the tangled morass of intrigue and deceit that lurks beneath the surface of the seemingly placid Norfolk village of Oldfield St. Benet. A crafty clerical conundrum featuring a refreshingly staunch and straightforward heroine.