Evil Angels Among Them

Another English rectory murder mystery from Charles. A series of uncharitable happenings and signs of communal tension under the placid surface lead the meek rector of St. Michael and All Angels to exclaim in exasperation "This parish is a cesspit." Obscene phone calls to his wife, a distinctly unwelcoming attitude toward a new parishioner in a lesbian relationship, and the refusal of the churchwardens to pay church dues, are all signs of this discontent. When one of the churchwardens is murdered, outside help is needed to empty the cesspit. That help comes in the dependable shape of David Middleton-Brown, a London attorney and amateur sleuth.