<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Discover a new series of murder mysteries set in an idyllic English village. From million-selling author Faith Martin.</b> <p/><b>Meet Monica Noble: </b> the vicar's wife with a taste for solving crimes. <p/>Please note this book was first published as "AN UNHOLY SHAME" under Faith Martin's pen name JOYCE CATO. <p/><b>THE WEEKEND TURN MURDEROUS</b><br>Monica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held <b>at a swanky manor house hotel in their village.</b> <p/>At the Saturday night dinner, <b>the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies, seemingly of a peanut allergy.</b> <p/> But when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene he quickly discovers that <b>it's a case of murder.</b> <p/><b>And Monica's husband is the prime suspect.</b> <p/>Other suspects include an eminent bishop, an archdeacon viciously opposed to female clergy, and his wife, the curator of a local museum, who is definitely up to something. <p/>But if Monica is to find out who killed Celia, and free her husband from suspicion, <b>she must grapple with a very ruthless - and increasingly desperate - killer, putting herself and those around her in mortal danger.</b> <p/>This is the third of a series of enjoyable <b>murder mysteries with great characters and baffling crimes</b> which will keep you gripped till the final page. <p/>Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis. <p/><b>MONICA NOBLE</b> was widowed young, leaving her to raise her feisty daughter on her own. That is, until she met and fell in love with Graham Noble, a country vicar (pastor), who enticed her to leave her high-flying job in advertising in the city and move to the Cotswold countryside. There she found bucolic life very pleasant indeed - until murder started to rear its ugly head. And she discovered, to everyone's surprise, that she had a flair for solving the most unholy of crimes. <p/>FAITH MARTIN is the million-selling author of the <b>DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE and JENNY STARLING mysteries</b>, which have topped the global best-seller charts. <p/><b>More FAITH MARTIN mysteries coming soon.</b> Join the Joffe Books mailing list to be the first to hear about the next in the series. <p/>MONICA NOBLE MYSTERIES <p/>Book 1: THE VICARAGE MURDER<br>Book 2: THE FLOWER SHOW MURDER<br>Book 3: THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER <p/> JENNY STARLING MYSTERIES<br>Book 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERY<br>Book 2: THE WINTER MYSTERY<br>Book 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERY<br>Book 4: THE CASTLE MYSTERY<br>Book 5: THE OXFORD MYSTERY<br>Book 6: THE TEATIME MYSTERY<br>Book 7: THE COUNTRY INN MYSTERY