This story was not as enjoyable as Greenwood's debut CLERICAL ERRORS. The characters were not as deep and it is hard to get a handle on Theodora Braithwaite the main protagonist. But the back story of the mechanics of how the people become part of the clergy, that is, it is more like a job than a calling in some instances. Clerics are given their livings or parishes in a relatively haphazard fashion and it appears that to get rid of some of the worst the only way is by murdering them.

In this particular case the minister was a sot, a slob, and a sour individual who never did a thing to endear himself to any one, Most of his congregation applauded the idea of his death if not the way it was accomplished. Although there a were those that though his end was appropriate . I hope in the next book maybe I will find that Braithwaite has some deep feeling about something other than her job. ( )