James Runcie

Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of Bach’s writing of the St. Matthew Passion. In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken thirteen-year-old...

Bloomsbury presents The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London. It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The sixth installment in the Grantchester Mysteries series, now a major PBS television series as well. The sixth book in the James Runcie’s much-loved Granchester Mystery series, which has...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The fifth installment in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. It’s the summer of love in late 1960s. The...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The second book in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. The loveable full time priest and part time detective...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The third book in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. It is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The fourth in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. The loveable full-time priest and part-time detective, Canon...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective. It...

Bloomsbury presents Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. A profound examination of grief and a great celebration of love by internationally bestselling author James Runcie. In early 2020, as the world sunk into the pandemic, James Runcie and his wife Marilyn Imrie were going...