A Spotless Rose: A Stephen Capel Mystery

Newly ordained vicar Stephen Capel takes a holiday in the seaside town of Brighton with his girlfriend, PC Vicky Denning. Taking a stroll on the beach, Capel sees a woman fall from the ruined pier. He rescues her, but discovers that she is dead - stabbed - and soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

Each day, as Capel tries to untangle himself from suspicion and Vicky attempts to discover who is behind the crimes, another woman dies. The race is on to prevent yet another death.

Brian Clegg is a prize-winning popular science writer. His most recent books are How Many Moons Does The Earth Have and Ten Billion Tomorrows, with 20 other popular science titles including Inflight Science, Before the Big Bang, and How to Build a Time Machine. His Dice World and A Brief History of Infinity were both longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. He has also now written two books in the Stephen Capel murder mystery series - see www.brianclegg.net for more information. Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Brian read Natural Sciences (specializing in experimental physics) at Cambridge University. After graduating, he spent a year at Lancaster University where he gained a second MA in Operational Research. From Lancaster, he joined British Airways, where he formed a new department tasked with developing hi-tech solutions for the airline. Brian has written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Nature, BBC Focus, Physics World, The Observer, Good Housekeeping and Playboy. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Norwegian, and Indonesian. Brian has given sell-out lectures at the Royal Institution, the British Library and the Science Museum and many other venues. He has also contributed to radio and TV programs, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site, blogs at www.brianclegg.blogspot.com, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Brian lives in Wiltshire with his wife and twin children. In his spare time, he has a passion for Tudor and Elizabethan church music.