The first unputdownable suspense novel in the bestselling Merrily Watkins series
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''Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman'' GUARDIAN
''A most original sleuth'' THE TIMES
''Brilliantly eerie'' PETER JAMES
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The Merrily Watkins series will have you hooked. Join Merrily in her chilling tales of murder, mystery and intrigue.
The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish - or a huge and haunted vicarage. Nor had she wanted to walk into a dispute over a controversial play about a seventeenth-century clergyman accused of witchcraft... a story that certain long-established families would rather remained obscure.
But this is Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets... A paradise of cobbled streets and timber-framed houses. And also - as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discover - a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centuries.
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Readers love Phil Rickman and the Merrily Watkins series...
''Well done, Mr Rickman, well done!''
''Splendidly mixes mystery, suspense and the supernatural''
''The most enjoyable series of books I have ever read''
''The most innovative and unique thriller writer''
''A brilliant start to an excellent series''
