Wonderfully written. Compelling mystery backed by a brooding atmosphere and top notch setting. Going to have to disagree with a lot of the reviews I’m seeing here that the book downplays the possible pedophile priest, it functions not to dismiss the reality of it in real life but rather to provide motives for some and complicated relationships for others based on the man they knew. Frankly, it’s just lazy reading to interpret that priests portrayal in the novel as a personal dismissal of sexual abuse by priests on the part of PD James.