Standing and Understanding: Volumes I, II, and II: omnibus edition

The fortunes of the inhabitants of the parish of Hardenfourie, in the north-east of Scotland, take a turn for the worse with the long-awaited arrival of their new Scottish Episcopalian priest.  He becomes the unwitting catalyst for the disintegration of the status quo into blackmail, theft, fraud, mental breakdown, adultery, degredation, and, ultimately, death.  Identify with them as they acknowledge their faults, meet Nemesis face to face, and come to terms with their weaknesses and strengths--and each other.  No one escapes judgement, from the aristocratic Patron and her family to the least devout of the Revd. Jonah Atchurch's parishioners.  An absorbing story in three volumes of catastrophe, awakening, and the redemptive power of love in all its guises, Standing and Understanding is also a devastating exposé of the corruption in the Scottish Episcopal Church.  Good has to call upon its best endeavours to counter the evil machinations of several people who should know better.