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An architect arrives in a dying Dorset town to restore its medieval minster, only to find himself entangled in an inheritance mystery that threatens to tear the community apart. Arthur Westray expects a straightforward restoration project, but Cullerne Minster hides secrets in its vaulted shadows. When a mysterious new Lord Blandamer appears, promising funds the town desperately needs, the locals rejoice. Westray alone suspects the claimant is not what he seems. The organist Sharnall, a fallen gentleman with secrets of his own, seems close to solving the riddle of the nebuly coat, the heraldic arms that adorn the great transept window. Part social comedy of provincial manners, part atmospheric tragedy in the Hardy tradition, and part absorbing mystery, The Nebuly Coat defies easy categorization. Its power lies in Falkner's ability to sustain suspense while painting a vivid portrait of a community confronting its own decay and the question of what it truly means to belong.