A safe place to kill

the long version

Thomas Daykin is a police inspector in a quiet Dales town. One morning the body of the churchwarden in a local church is found, lying in the crucifix position with wounds to his hands, side and feet, in the aisle of the church - and when Daykin is almost sure that the murderer is the other churchwarden, he too is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Daykin is under great pressure from his superintendent and Chief Inspector Sykes, a woman recently transferred from Birmingham. With numerous false trails to follow, can Daykin find out the truth and will this reveal the murderer?