Lentorama 2024: Clerical Crime Solvers

Day 19: Simon Bede

The Rev. Dr. Simon Bede is an assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury who also solves crimes, with the help of his friend and internationally-known photographer Helen Bullock. Though it may be that Bede is the one helping Bullock solve crimes, as the synopses I could find online for these novels paints her as more of the main character. How Bede manages to get away to help her (one of the books is set in Morocco) is unclear.

It's a short series, only four books, and it seems like the first two may be out of print as there was very little information online about them. And, as with so many sleuths covered so far, Bede is an Englishman created by an American, Barbara Byfield. Wikipedia suggests that she collaborated on the books with another author, Frank Tedeschi, but I only found him credited on the first book.