Richard Coles

Salaperäinen kuolemantapaus luostarissa herättää jälleen kirkkoherra Clementin etsivänvaistot.Viihdyttävä brittidekkari kirkkoherran ja hänen seurakuntansa värikkäästä elämästä.Kirkkoherra Daniel Clement on tullut syvästi nöyryytetyksi ja on toipumassa luostarissa, jossa hän oli aikoinaan noviisina. Mutta aika luostarissa ei tuo helpotusta eikä ratkaisua häntä vaivaaviin kysymyksiin.Sitten luostarissa sattuu kuolemantapaus, joka saa Danielin suuntaamaan ajatukset pois itsestä. Pystyykö hän ratkaisemaan luostarin synkän salaisuuden?Sillä välin kotiseurakunnassa Champtonissa Danielista on tullut monenlaisten juorujen kohde. Hänen äidillään Audreylla on taas meneillään monenlaista säätöä: naisten vaatekaupassa on ongelmia, ja kotona suuressa talossa on yhtä hullunmyllyä, kun koiranpennut ovat pistäneet paikat hyrskyn myrskyn.Murha luostarissa on kolmas itsenäinen osa kirkkoherra Clementin tutkimuksista kertovasta tunnelmallisesta dekkarisarjasta. Sarjassa on aiemmin ilmestynyt suomeksi Murha ennen iltahartautta ja Murha seurakunnassa.Richard Coles (s. 1962) on anglikaanipappi ja tuottelias kirjailija. Hänen värikkääseen menneisyyteensä kuuluu menestyksekäs muusikon ura 1980-luvulla supersuositussa The Communards -yhtyeessä. Coles on myös kysytty tv- ja radiopersoona. Coles asuu Englannin Northamptonshiressä, missä hän toimii Finedonin kylän pastorina.

Hurmaava murhamysteeri vetävän cozy crimen ystäville.Champton on pieni englantilaiskylä, jossa asukkaat ovat ihastuttavia mutta rikokset häijyjä. Yhteisöä paimentaa rovasti Daniel Clement, jonka palveluksia tarvitaan paljon muuallakin kuin kirkonmenoissa..Daniel Clement on toiminut Champtonin kirkkoherrana kahdeksan vuotta. Hän asuu pappilassa yhdessä jääräpäisen leskiäitinsä ja kahden mäyräkoiransa kanssa.Danielin suunnitelmat kirkon uudistuksista eivät saa kyläläisiltä yksimielistä kannatusta. Yksi kiista johtaa toiseen, ja äkisti seurakunta on jakautunut kahtia. Erimielisyydet nostavat esiin vanhoja salaisuuksia, jotka uhkaavat tuhota kylän rauhan.Sitten kirkosta löytyy ruumis.Poliisi ottaa tapauksen tutkittavakseen, mutta murha ei jää ainoaksi. Danielin on yritettävä parhaansa pitääkseen seurakuntansa kasassa ... ja saadakseen murhaajan kiinni.Murha ennen iltahartautta on ensimmäinen osa kirkkoherra Clementin tutkimuksista kertovasta dekkarisarjasta.Richard Coles (s. 1962) on anglikaanipappi ja tuottelias kirjailija. Hänen värikkääseen menneisyyteensä kuuluu menestyksekäs muusikon ura 1980-luvulla supersuositussa The Communards -yhtyeessä. Coles on myös kysytty tv- ja radiopersoona. Coles asuu Englannin Nothamptonshiressä, missä hän toimii Finedonin kylän pastorina.

Trains, diamonds, gigantic bridges, maple syrup, pirate ships, and a pair of rare birds... all make up some of the most famous, bizarre and peculiar heists and crimes of all time.Prepare to uncover stranger-than-fiction TRUE stories of dastardly heists, daring escapes, and best-laid plans.These unbelievable true stories will entertain all readers aged 8 and upwards.

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES 'The best of the new cosy crime writers' Daily TelegraphIt's spring 1990, and in Champton the whole village is aflutter as a glamorous Hollywood movie has taken over Lord de Floures' Champton House as its set location. As the actors and extras hired from the village don their farthingales, gowns and crowns for a masque set in the 1600s, a murder interrupts filming on set - and it's an ingenious one . . . Can Daniel solve the mystery with help from his sidekick, Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo - even when things are so sticky between them? 'You'll want to take a front row pew in Champton while this delicious series unfolds' Janice Hallett

It is Christmas Day and at Champton Rectory, Canon Daniel Clement and his mother Audrey are joined by the residents and guests of the big house to drink, eat and be merry.At the festive feast, peace and goodwill prevail. Until two meet under the mistletoe. One of them falls down dead. And Daniel suspects murder has returned to Champton . . .Can Daniel and Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo solve the crime and catch the Christmas killer?

Join the trio behind the hit history podcast, The Rabbit Hole Detectives, Richard Coles, Charles Spencer and Cat Jarman in their first trivia book as they investigate weird and wonderful facts and stories rescued from obscurity. From the earliest recorded examples of practical jokes to a whistle-stop tour of the world's ghost towns to a history of red heads, The Rabbit Hole Book is a fascinating and entertaining dive into all the things you didn't know you wanted to know.

THE INSTANTLY ICONIC NO.1 BESTSELLER: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES BOOK 1 IN THE CANON CLEMENT MYSTERY SERIES 'Cosy crime with a cutting edge' Sunday Telegraph 'Whodunnit fans can give praise and rejoice' Ian Rankin Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village. And then Anthony Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton - is found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his community together . . . and catch a killer. * Murder Before Evensong was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller in paperback in March 2023

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES 'The best of the new cosy crime writers' Daily Telegraph It's spring 1990, and in Champton the whole village is aflutter as a glamorous Hollywood movie has taken over Lord de Floures' Champton House as its set location. As the actors and extras hired from the village don their farthingales, gowns and crowns for a masque set in the 1600s, a murder interrupts filming on set - and it's an ingenious one . . . Can Daniel solve the mystery with help from his sidekick, Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo - even when things are so sticky between them? 'You'll want to take a front row pew in Champton while this delicious series unfolds' Janice Hallett

'The best vicar ever' Caitlin Moran 'Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex... it has got it all' GuardianFATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Coles' warm, witty and wise memoir in which he divulges with searing honesty and intimacy his pilgrimage from a rock-and-roll life of sex and drugs in the Communards to one devoted to God and Christianity. 'All the humour, quirky characters and incidents that life - and death- serve up' Mail on Sunday'One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year' Sunday Times'A frank, worldly-wise, bleakly comic memoir' The Times

Canon Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover takes respite at the monastery where he was a novice. But the monastery doesn't allow the break he needs, for tensions are building there too. There is a death at the monastery, and Daniel thinks it might be murder.Meanwhile back at Champton, Daniel is the subject of village gossip, his mother Audrey is up to something again, there's trouble at the dress shop, trouble up at the big house, and the puppies are running riot.As dark secrets unfold, can Daniel solve the mystery at the monastery without the help of Detective Seargeant Neil Vanloo?

Pastori pulassa! Englantilaiskylässä kuohuu jälleen.Pieni Champtonin kylä on tuskin ehtinyt toipua kirkossa tapahtuneen veriteon aiheuttamasta järkytyksestä, kun seurakunnan rauhan rikkoo uusi henkirikos.On kulunut muutama kuukausi siitä, kun murha repi Champtonin kyläyhteisön kahtia. Kirkkoherra Daniel Clement tekee parhaansa pitääkseen toraisan laumansa kasassa. Epäsopua aiheuttaa sekin, että Champtonin seurakunta on päätetty liittää yhteen naapuriseurakuntien kanssa. Lisäksi Danielin omapäinen äiti puuhastelee selvästikin jotain, minkä haluaa pitää pojaltaan salassa. Eikä hän ole ainoa.Lopullisesti sekasorto pääsee valloilleen, kun tapahtuu uusi verityö, joka tällä kertaa näyttää harkitulta rituaalimurhalta.Murha seurakunnassa on toinen osa kirkkoherra Clementin tutkimuksista kertovasta tunnelmallisesta dekkarisarjasta, joka käsittelee samalla kiinnostavasti uskontoa.Richard Coles (s. 1962) on anglikaanipappi ja tuottelias kirjailija. Hänen värikkääseen menneisyyteensä kuuluu menestyksekäs muusikon ura 1980-luvulla supersuositussa The Communards -yhtyeessä. Coles on myös kysytty tv- ja radiopersoona. Coles asuu Englannin Northamptonshiressä, missä hän toimii Finedonin kylän pastorina.

A WARREN OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FACTS AND TALES RESCUED FROM OBSCURITYThe first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, investigating the provenance of historical objects, real and metaphorical, with intelligence and humour'Compulsively dip-in-able' The Times----Ever fallen down a rabbit hole?Ever got lost chasing a fact, a hunch or a curious piece of cultural ephemera?Then the Rabbit Hole Detectives – Richard Coles, Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer – are here to do the burrowing for you.Why were eight WWII Hurricane fighter planes buried in Ukraine?What have chimpanzees to do with the invention of toilet paper?How many dynamite sticks should not be used to blow up a whale?Which ancient civilisation liked a short tongue and a shaved head?The Rabbit Hole Book follows Richard, Cat and Charles as they investigate and elucidate weird and wonderful curiosities from history, telling stories that are as often dumbfounding as they are gripping, as unexpected as they are hilarious or deeply moving.What are you waiting for?Welcome to the warren . . .Whatever you think you know, guess again.

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER BEFORE EVENSONGCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel's problems. His mother - headstrong, fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...

Pastori pulassa! Englantilaiskylässä kuohuu jälleen.Pieni Champtonin kylä on tuskin ehtinyt toipua kirkossa tapahtuneen veriteon aiheuttamasta järkytyksestä, kun seurakunnan rauhan rikkoo uusi henkirikos.On kulunut muutama kuukausi siitä, kun murha repi Champtonin kyläyhteisön kahtia. Kirkkoherra Daniel Clement tekee parhaansa pitääkseen toraisan laumansa kasassa. Epäsopua aiheuttaa sekin, että Champtonin seurakunta on päätetty liittää yhteen naapuriseurakuntien kanssa. Lisäksi Danielin omapäinen äiti puuhastelee selvästikin jotain, minkä haluaa pitää pojaltaan salassa. Eikä hän ole ainoa. Lopullisesti sekasorto pääsee valloilleen, kun tapahtuu uusi verityö, joka tällä kertaa näyttää harkitulta rituaalimurhalta.Murha seurakunnassa on toinen osa kirkkoherra Clementin tutkimuksista kertovasta tunnelmallisesta dekkarisarjasta, joka käsittelee samalla kiinnostavasti uskontoa.Richard Coles (s. 1962) on anglikaanipappi ja tuottelias kirjailija. Hänen värikkääseen menneisyyteensä kuuluu menestyksekäs muusikon ura 1980-luvulla supersuositussa The Communards -yhtyeessä. Coles on myös kysytty tv- ja radiopersoona. Coles asuu Englannin Northamptonshiressä, missä hän toimii Finedonin kylän pastorina.

Fully updated and revised, with new photographs and glaze recipes, this is the third edition of this classic guide to ash glazes.Forever curious and eager to learn new things about ceramics, Phil Rogers constantly tinkered with clay bodies, glaze formulae and approaches to firing. This volume is his seminal work on transforming ash into glaze: an essential text for all potters and ceramicists with additional relevance today with its focus on prioritising the use of natural resources.Ash Glazes examines the practicalities of collecting and testing wood ashes, demonstrates the process of making them into glazes and offers a step-by-step guide to using them to decorate your pots.This edition, updated and revised by Hajeong Lee Rogers, is a celebration of pottery at its best. Starting with an introduction to the history of ash glazes, then moving on to a wide range of practical advice and methods, the book is enlivened by photographs of the work of potters from around the world, who use ash in colourful and imaginative ways. It provides true inspiration for working potters and delight for all those interested in contemporary ceramics.

Biophilic Connections and Environmental Encounters in the Urban Age takes a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on the authors’ wide range of experience, to provide a greater understanding of the different dimensions of environmental engagement. It considers the ways that we interact with our environments, presenting a comprehensive account of how people negotiate and use the urban landscape. Set within current debates concerning urban futures, societal issues, sustainable cities, health and well-being, the book explores our innate need for contact with the natural world through biophilic design thinking to expand our knowledge base and promote a wider understanding of the importance of these interactions on our collective well-being. It responds to questions such as, what are the urban qualities that support our well-being? As an urbanised society what are the environmental determinants that promote healthy and satisfying lifestyles? Beginning with an overview of concepts relating to biophilia and environmental engagement, it moves through current theory and practice, different pathways and their characteristics, before presenting real world examples and applications through illustrated case studies in different world situations.With a particular focus on the experience of individuals, the book is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, design and health sciences, interested in the future of our cities and the importance of green spaces.

Biophilic Connections and Environmental Encounters in the Urban Age takes a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on the authors’ wide range of experience, to provide a greater understanding of the different dimensions of environmental engagement. It considers the ways that we interact with our environments, presenting a comprehensive account of how people negotiate and use the urban landscape. Set within current debates concerning urban futures, societal issues, sustainable cities, health and well-being, the book explores our innate need for contact with the natural world through biophilic design thinking to expand our knowledge base and promote a wider understanding of the importance of these interactions on our collective well-being. It responds to questions such as, what are the urban qualities that support our well-being? As an urbanised society what are the environmental determinants that promote healthy and satisfying lifestyles? Beginning with an overview of concepts relating to biophilia and environmental engagement, it moves through current theory and practice, different pathways and their characteristics, before presenting real world examples and applications through illustrated case studies in different world situations.With a particular focus on the experience of individuals, the book is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, design and health sciences, interested in the future of our cities and the importance of green spaces.