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Saints and Sinners Reverand Malcolm G. Lorimer

Saints and Sinners By Reverand Malcolm G. Lorimer

Saints and Sinners by Reverand Malcolm G. Lorimer


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Summary

Twelve stories linked by the themes of clergy and crime. Each is about a clergyman or woman and their involvement in crime, either as the perpetrator, victim or detective. Some of the clergy are good, others weak and some evil and they are from different denominations: Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, with one story set in a monastic community.

Saints and Sinners Summary

Saints and Sinners: 12 Tales of Crime and the Clergy by Reverand Malcolm G. Lorimer

Saints and Sinners is a book of twelve stories linked by the themes of clergy and crime. Each is about a clergyman or woman and their involvement in crime, either as the perpetrator, victim or detective. Some of the clergy are good, others weak and some evil and they are from different denominations: Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, with one story set in a monastic community. The book explores questions about good and evil in the context of life and the Church. The stories are not linked together and all have separate characters. Not all are murders and in one no crime seems to have taken place! In one of the stories the perfect hiding place for a dead body is discovered; another explores the life of someone who as a soldier commits murder and then becomes a monk. There is one set in rural Yorkshire and is told in a series of letters and one set at the time of the American Civil War. A dead vicar is found in the library in one and there are very strange goings on at a Ministers barbeque in another. There is a very dubious Dean of a Cathedral and a curate who collects inheritances. A good clergyman is maligned and a Pastor's son is determined to tell the truth, whatever the cost. Themes of the stories include murder, deception, lust, greed, envy, hate and witchcraft, the usual attributes found in the average church congregation!

About Reverand Malcolm G. Lorimer

Malcolm Lorimer was born in Haworth, West Yorkshire and has been a Methodist minister for over 35 years. He has served in Stockton-on-Tees, Manchester, Heald Green and Sale . He is now Superindentent of the new Cheshire South circuit and lives in Nantwich. He is chaplain to Lancashire County Cricket Club and part of their Heritage team. He has written a book on Brian Statham and others on the history of the club, plus helping to edit two collections of letters from Neville Cardus. He collects cricket books and memorabilia but sold a set of Wisdens to buy a canal boat. He is a lover of detective fiction, especially Sherlock Holmes. He loves canals, jazz and likes Leonard Cohen.

Table of Contents

Preface. The Gravedigger. The Minister's Barbecue. Double Delight. A Twinkle in the Eye. A (Rather) Macabre Cricket Match. The Body in the Library. A Very Necessary Murder. The Collector. The Dean. The Lashing House. Ashes to Ashes. Strange Customs. Postscript.

Additional information

GOR002708151
9780956222428
0956222420
Saints and Sinners: 12 Tales of Crime and the Clergy by Reverand Malcolm G. Lorimer
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Max Books
2011-03-01
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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