This was better than the previous book in the series with each of the 6 stories being good ( )

My review of Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation is now up on Fresh Fiction!

"A very nice collection of stories for Grantchester fans (and new converts)"

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Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation (2016) (Grantchester #5) by James Runcie. Like his previous books, this is a series of novellas featuring his troubled but true man of the cloth. These tales are from the late 1960s with communes, love-ins and man on the moon.
The Dangers of Temptation finds Sidney called upon by a very attractive divorced woman to help get her son out of a meditation style commune. But when the leader of the sect is murdered in a most grizzly manner, suspicions point to the boy.
The other five stories in this collection are just as good as the title tale. If you have never read a Sidney Chambers book, I suggest you go back and find the first collection. Or any of these fine mysteries. Every one is a gem. If you only know Sidney via the PBS series, you’ll love him in the print format. Not since Father Brown leapt from the pages and onto both the small and big screen has there been a man of the cloth so well presented.
No matter, I can’t recommend this, or any book in the series, too much. ( )

This is the next in The Grantchester Series about a full time Church of England priest and part time detective. When I started this book, I was expecting a good murder mystery. Instead, it was a collection of a number of short stories, loosely stuck together. In the first story I thought I had blundered into a soap opera and the last story was too involved with diversity and sin. ( )