When Alison Thompson becomes Chair of Governors at her sons’ school six months into her first curacy, she knows it’s a lot to take on. She’s in a busy parish, newly separated from her husband, and the school is about to undergo an inspection. But Alison likes a challenge, and the Inspector in charge, Iain Sutherland, seems surprisingly pleasant - even asking to meet her once the inspection is over. Then her vicar becomes ill, leaving Alison to run the parish alone. As the conflicting deman...

Alison Thompson would have been thrown out of her curacy after having an affair if her new bishop, Christopher Ridgefield, hadn’t remembered his own lapse as a curate and given her another chance. When he appoints her as a vicar, she’s determined to do the job well and repay his faith. At first, it’s hard-going. Alison’s assistant, Father Ken, and his wife Sylvia, disapprove of divorced, women priests like her. And though her old friend Michael’s a parishioner, he’s always stirring...

Messiahs Don’t Fly Michael Turner wants to be a priest. Whether he achieves this desire depends on how he sorts out his relationships with three key women: Jenny, his GP wife, Nan, the priest who is his mentor, and Alison, the troubled ordinand who threatens to destroy them all. David St John Thomas Fiction award winner, 2000An Inspector Falls Six months into her first curacy, Alison Thompson is left to run the parish alone when her vicar ...