Rainbow's End: Ellis Peters

The sleepy village of Middlehope is abruptly jerked into life by the whirlwind arrival of Arthur Rainbow, nouveau riche antiques magnate. He extravagantly refurbishes the Manor House, joins the Golf Club, the Angling Society and the Arts Council and ruthlessly dislodges the old church organist to take over the position himself. But for all his reforming zeal, Middlehope rejects him - he simply won't 'do', an opinion spear-headed by Miss de la Pole, the local aristocrat. And when Rainbow's crushed body is found in the graveyard of St. Eata's church there is little surprise or sorrow but much speculation as to who the murderer might be. Superintendent George Felse is spoilt for choice - is it the young, beautiful, flirtatious wife? The ousted organist? The mutinous choir? From the creator of Cadfael.