The Baritone Wore Chiffon (A Liturgical Mystery) [Paperback]

Mark Schweizer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2004

(No. 2 in the Liturgical Mystery series) St. Germaine's police chief, Hayden Konig, returns in this hilarious sequel to THE ALTO WORE TWEED. He's beginning to write his second Chandler-style who-dun-it (an effort that is not going as well as he might wish), when he's called to England to help solve a murder at Yorkminster. As the season of Lent begins, there's an interim priest at St. Barnabas, a priest with a wife, and she has an agenda. If the "Edible Last Supper" (featuring the Mary Magdalene Coffee Bar), wasn't enough, Hayden also has to deal with a Clown Eucharist, snakes loose in the church, the Fung Shui Altar Guild, and a dwarf verger named Wenceslas. As Easter approaches, it becomes clear that the murder in York has repercussions far exceeding the borders of England. Two dead bodies and counting. Now Hayden has some real problems.

Hayden Konig's 2nd mystery
The Baritone Wore Chiffon.
It's not what you expect...it's even funnier!

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: St. James Music Press (February 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972121137
• ISBN-13: 978-0972121132
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's done it again!, July 30, 2004

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Jon Hunt "musician, teacher" (Old Greenwich, Ct. USA) - See all my reviews
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Mark Schweizer has to win an award someday. I don't what the award might be except he has left me in stitches again. "The Baritone Wore Chiffon" is an even more enraptured, wonderful take on his first book, "The Alto Wore Tweed". How he can make innocent fun of a character with leprosy might have you slapping your leg with laughter...except that the character might not have a leg. I only wish the author could somehow engage George Bush in his next book....I'd buy it in a minute!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Episcopal Choristers who love to laugh, read this book!, May 9, 2005

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Anyone who's familiar with Episcopal liturgy will laugh at loud at this book...particularly choristers with a sense of humor. If your choir is as much fun as mine, you'll love to share passages of the book with others who rewrite hymn lyrics for jollies or get a chuckle out of the stereotypical "stiffness" of the church and its rituals. The Baritone Wore Tweed is a laugh a minute...and a good mystery, to boot! Enjoy!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great escapist fun!, June 12, 2006

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I just finished "The Baritone Wore Chiffon" (I bought and happily read "The Alto Wore Tweed" more than a year ago). It was definitely worth the dough.

The best bit in the book is the priceless Children's Moment scene where little scamps totally befuddle a foolish priest. Read the book just for those belly laughs! The murder mystery is complex and engaging (even though I'm not a big circus fan). Without giving anything away, I'm glad that the "obvious" didn't happen, i.e., that the killer wasn't a certain person. As in the first book, slapstick comedy plays its pivotal part in the story, and participant kid Moosey is hilarious... I hope he didn't get in too much trouble from his mom for his creative donkey snack substitutions!

It is a darn good thing that Mark Schweizer is a much better writer than his lead character, Hayden, because much as the latter's wacky similes entertain, *his* mystery (in italics throughout the book) is a bit of a muddle to try to follow, let alone make sense of. His love, Meg, was right to have the seventh graders critique Hayden's manuscript, ha ha.

I just received the third book in the series, "The Tenor Wore Tapshoes," from Amazon and can't wait to crack it.