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Bloomsbury presents The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London. It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The third book in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. It is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The fourth in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. The loveable full-time priest and part-time detective, Canon...

Bloomsbury presents Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. A profound examination of grief and a great celebration of love by internationally bestselling author James Runcie. In early 2020, as the world sunk into the pandemic, James Runcie and his wife Marilyn Imrie were going...

Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of Bach’s writing of the St. Matthew Passion. In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken thirteen-year-old...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The sixth installment in the Grantchester Mysteries series, now a major PBS television series as well. The sixth book in the James Runcie’s much-loved Granchester Mystery series, which has...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The fifth installment in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. It’s the summer of love in late 1960s. The...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The second book in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. The loveable full time priest and part time detective...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective. It...

Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A masterpiece' SCOTSMAN 'A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL Love and Death. Grief and Joy. Music that lasts forever...

Bloomsbury presents The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. _______________ 'If you love the TV series Grantchester, don’t miss this captivating prequel. It reveals the backstory of how a young Sidney Chambers, carefree in London just before the Second World War, came to...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. There is no reason at all why this series should not run and run and why Sidney Chambers should not occupy the same place in the pantheon as Miss Marple or Poirot' – Catholic Herald 'Perfect...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. Runcie has honed his style of light, escapist, small-town crime stories to something approaching perfection' – Herald 'Those who would like an engaging summer read should pack James...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. Grantchester Mysteries 2 _______________ 'Runcie is emerging as Grantchester’s answer to Alexander McCall Smith. The book brings a dollop of Midsomer Murders to the Church of England, together...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. 'Delightful ... The ongoing plots bind the stories, yet each in themselves is precise ... They are a joy' – Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday 'All manner of nostalgic delights. Perfect reading...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. There is no denying the winning charm of these artfully fashioned mysteries' – Barry Forshaw, Independent 'Gentle, often funny and undeniably charming' – Readers Digest 'We should welcome him to...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. 'Inspector Morse would appear to have a rival' – Scotland on Sunday 'A perfect accompaniment to a sunny afternoon, a hammock and a glass of Pimms' – Guardian 'An undiluted pleasure' – Scotsman...

Bloomsbury presents Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. ‘A tender memoir of the challenges of bereavement ... I closed this book wishing I’d met her – but feeling that I almost had’ Daily Telegraph _______________ A memoir of a husband's grief, and an unforgettable...

As the three Henderson brothers - Jack, Douglas and Angus - head toward their childhood home in East Fortune for their annual summer gathering, they steel themselves against sibling rivalry, parental expectation and the vulnerability that comes with being with those who know you best. A subtle look at lives at the crossroads; about life and love, chance and hope - and how families survive.

England, 1953. Als Pfarrer des kleinen Städtchens Grantchester vor den Toren von Cambridge hat Sidney Chambers alle Hände voll mit seinen Schäfchen zu tun. Als wäre das nicht genug, ist er auch als Privatdetektiv gefragt. Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Inspector Keating stößt Sidney auf eine Reihe mysteriöser Kriminalfälle: Den vermeintlichen Selbstmord eines Anwalts, einen Juwelenraub und einen Kunstfälscherskandal, der Sidneys beste Freundin in Lebensgefahr bringt.