Charlie Peace: The Bad Samaritan (Paperback)

from Condorena

Robert Barnard always keeps my attention from the first page. In this story the first half of the book is about Rosemary, a vicar's wife who has lost her faith. This small change in her life send ripples through her husband's congregation that leads to a revelation of how unchristian most church ...

from JimPratt

This is a gently handled story of a parson's wife who loses her faith and happens to befriend an illegal Bosnian young man, which in turn sets off a series of events leading to the murder which DC Charlie Peace has to solve. The characterizations of the members of the church community are not sym...

from ehines

Barnard is a good writer of perhaps rather slight comedic British mysteries. This one is set in Leeds. It is quite good, though not as fun as Death by Sheer Torture, but better rounded characters and a more realistic setting do tell. Tone of Barnard's writing quite close to the Peter Lovesey's in...