Who Killed the Curate?

A fun book to kick-off my #cloakanddaggerchristmas, with a central character who is two-thirds Wodehouse heroine and one-third Amelia Bedelia. Not the most complex of mysteries - I tagged the culprit pretty much from the beginning - but a very amusing ensemble and look at village life.

It qualifies for a couple of prompts, but counting it for All I Want for Christmas Is You. @ruthiella

Aims42 That character sounds AMAZING! Stacking this!!! 13mo

Ruthiella Sounds fantastic. 😃 13mo

jlhammar I just might need to get this one for next December - sounds great! 13mo

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Tamra I‘m attracted to anything resembling Amelia Bedelia! 🤣 13mo

batsy This sounds fun! 13mo

BookNAround I have this one on my shelf and your review makes me so glad I already have it! 13mo

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LeahBergen

Who Killed the Curate? | Joan Coggin

Book mail!

The tagged book arrived today, the first in a four-volume series of comic mysteries originally published in the 1940s. Lady Lupin is a ditsy “Bright Young Thing” who marries a vicar and finds herself embroiled in local murders. Both the first in the series and the last (pictured) are set at Christmas.

jlhammar These sound so fun! 14mo

AlaMich I‘ve always hoped to run across some website somewhere that would explain the olde-tyme English clerical term system. Vicars and curates and livings etc etc. 14mo

Aimeesue Lovely! This also reminded me that I bought a copy of the first last year - now to dig it out for December reading! 14mo

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Tamra A Christmas mystery! 😍 14mo

LeahBergen @jlhammar Don‘t they? 😊 14mo

LeahBergen @AlaMich Right? It‘s always so confusing. Here‘s a bit about vicars, curates, and rectors: https://randombitsoffascination.com/2012/01/18/rectors-and-vicars-and-curatesoh-... 14mo

LeahBergen @Aimeesue Dig it out, dig it out! 😆 14mo

LeahBergen @Tamra They can‘t be beat. 😆 14mo

erzascarletbookgasm Lupin? 😂 These sound fun! 14mo

LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm And I think she‘s a bit loopy, too. 😆 14mo

Aimeesue @LeahBergen 📚 ♠️ (I‘ll have to use a spade, since I can‘t find a shovel emoji 😄) 14mo

AlaMich Thanks for the link! 14mo

LeahBergen @Aimeesue 😆😆 14mo

batsy Oh, these sound lovely! And a Christmas mystery! Love the covers. 13mo

LeahBergen @batsy I‘m hoping they are as good as they sound! 13mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m drooling over those covers! 13mo

Jess_Read_This 💸influenced… I‘ve read Who Killed the Curate but didn‘t realize it was a series! Had to pick up that gorgeous covered second book! 13mo

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I love them, too! 13mo

LeahBergen @Jess_Read_This I guess there are 4 books in this series and these are the first and the fourth. I hope they republish the other two in matching covers! 13mo

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jillrhudy

Who Killed the Curate? | Joan Coggin

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Lady Lupin is a scream and the most hopeless vicar‘s wife imaginable. I loved this comic mystery. Bright Young Things Between the Wars is a favorite subject of mine. I need to track down the second title in the series, “The Mystery at Orchard House.” #mystery #anglophilesoflitsy

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