Book description
A case of murder in the cathedral Compton Minster is prerparing
to celebrate a very special anniversary in the year 1901 - a thousand
years of Christian worship. But a few weeks before the main
ceremonies, a high official of the cathedral, the chancellor, dies in
mysterious circumstances, and no on except the doctor and the
undertaker is allowed to view the corpse. It then transpires that the
chancellor was one of England's richest men. When his sister suspects
foul play, Lord Francis Powerscourt is asked to investigate. As
Powerscourt paces the ancient cloisters and listens to evensong from
the choir stalls, he begins to suspect that a terrible secret lies
hidden in the cathedral, one that may have someting to do with the
anniversary. Then a chorister is strangles, his body found turning on
the great spit in the Vicars Hall kitchen. Powerscourt himself escpaes
death by a whisker, as does his wife, Lady Lucy, before he uncovers
the astonishing secret of Compton Minster and unmasks a murderer.
