Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

by Tamsyn Muir

There was a wheezing squeal from one of the pews in the transept behind Gideon as one of the faithful decided to go the whole hog and have a heart attack, and this distracted everyone.

Gideon, who had just eaten one and a quarter dinners, felt unbelievably unready for whatever was about to go down.