The Grantchester Mysteries is a series of cosy mystery crime fiction books of short stories by the British author James Runcie, [1] beginning during the 1950s in Grantchester, a village near Cambridge in England. The books feature the clergyman-detective Canon Sidney Chambers, an Honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral.
The first volume in the series, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, was published in 2012. [2] [3] The book comprises six short standalone mysteries. The second, Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night, was published in 2013. [4]
The books in the series include:
A total of seven books have been written so far, with the latest being a prequel. The series was inspired by James Runcie's father, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie. [5]
In 2014, some of The Grantchester Mysteries short stories were turned into an ITV drama titled Grantchester . [6] Filmed on location in Grantchester, Cambridge, and London, the initial six-part series was shown in the UK in Autumn 2014. [7] A second series was broadcast in 2016, and has been ongoing since. [8]
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