Simon Parke

Abbot Peter is a fictional character in the Abbot Peter Mysteries created by author Simon Parke. The Abbot works with DI Tamsin Shah to solve crime, usually murder, on the south coast of England, in the seaside town of Stormhaven clearly based on the real town of Seaford. The series is set in the 1990s.The Abbot is in his sixties, a keen runner he completed the Saharan marathon on six occasions and formerly the Abbot of St-James-the-Less monastery in the deserts of Middle Egypt, a days camel ride from the famous St Catherines monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai. He was Abbot there for twenty years, and a brother there for ten years previously.