The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies

468 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced

Description

Dr. Jonathan Hullah, a former police surgeon with "a high degree of cunning," is shocked when St. Aidan's Father Hobbes drops dead during church services. What made the good--and perfectly healthy--clergyman die so suddenly? To solve the mystery, ...

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