A Contrite Heart — Brian Clegg

The election of a new MP for Bath disturbs the quiet village of Thornton Down where two of the candidates live. Vicar Stephen Capel struggles with a moral dilemma when his best friend asks him to place listening devices in the candidates' homes for the security service - and things spiral out of control when one of the candidates is killed.What begins as a murder investigation involving Capel's newly promoted wife, Detective Sergeant Vicky Denning, becomes a race against time to save a woman's life.A cosy West Country murder mystery.