# Puzzles of the Parish

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- Authors: [G. K. Chesterton](https://www.bookquiver.com/g-k-chesterton), [Michael T. Gilbert](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-a-gilbert), [Joyce Porter](https://www.bookquiver.com/joyce-porter), [H. C. Bailey](https://www.bookquiver.com/h-c-bailey), [Cyril Hare](https://www.bookquiver.com/cyril-hare), [Edmund Crispin](https://www.bookquiver.com/edmund-crispin), [JS Fletcher](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-s-fletcher), [Peter Lovesey](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-lovesey)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-06-10
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction

## Description

“I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair – here, in the room in which the Bishop’s body was found.” A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector’s wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector. Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and villainous perpetrators of the devil’s work. Replete with a fascinating introduction and notes from one of the guiding lights of crime fiction, Martin Edwards, this anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail, from a congregation of writers including Joyce Porter, H. C. Bailey, Cyril Hare and Edmund Crispin.

## Editions

### Puzzles of the Parish

- Publisher: British Library
- ISBN: 978-07-1236-940-4
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2026-06-10
- Language: en_US