Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

Conflicting thoughts on this book. Overall, I loved the quaint atmosphere of the stories, as they took place in a small English town in the 1950s. I generally really like English mysteries like these, so I enjoyed that aspect of this collection of stories. However, I wasn't really keen on the main character being a priest who solved crimes. It seemed too far-fetched and it felt like the author struggled to make it work a little. It was still mostly enjoyable though. The stories didn't feel very original, and some of them were slow to the point where I was bored (especially the one with the ‘mercy killing'). It got a bit too philosophical at times, but overall it wasn't too bad. This book was a fairly quick and easy read, and was definitely enjoyable. It just wasn't as original and intelligent as I was hoping for, and it was a bit slow at times and some of the stories weren't resolved well. Overall though, I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who likes English mysteries for their summer reads.