Stay of ExecutionIf everything you believe in is being threatened by forces beyond your control, would you pull the trigger of a gun? A small time crook stumbles upon a body hanging from a tree; a veteran from a Belgian marching band is killed in a hit and run incident and another dies of an apparent heart attack. Excitement on the streets of Edinburgh is feverish as the city prepares for a huge rally to celebrate the return of Pope John the 25th to his home town.

is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work

still reeling from the loss of their second son

intrigued by her beauty and her sadness

very quickly

The last two decades of 19th century popular fiction were dominated by Conan Doyle and Sherlock Homes

Revere Falk is an FBI interrogator who believes it is possible to get more from a terrorist suspect by treating him decently than by using more 'robust' methods

have founded a detective agency

A great family of merchant bankers

But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long

But as Fox takes on the job

but her father rates Richard an unsuitable suitor

who claims not to know her even though she believes he is her husband