A Crown of Lights
by:
Phil Rickman (author)
When a derelict country church is bought by a pagan couple, the local evangelical minister reacts with fury. A modern witch hunt begins, and Merrily Watkins is expected to keep a lid on the cauldron. Meanwhile, there is the problem of the man who won’t be parted from his dead wife, the ancient...
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When a derelict country church is bought by a pagan couple, the local evangelical minister reacts with fury. A modern witch hunt begins, and Merrily Watkins is expected to keep a lid on the cauldron. Meanwhile, there is the problem of the man who won’t be parted from his dead wife, the ancient mystery of the five local churches dedicated to St. Michael, and a killer with an old tradition to guard.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330484503 (0330484508)
Publish date: December 1st 2001
Publisher: Macmillan U.K.
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Suspense,
Supernatural
Series: Merrily Watkins (#3)
He really can. Merrily is such a wonderfully drawn character, but she isn't the only well written woman in the book. So Merrily (who I keep seeing as Dawn French) has to deal with witches and weirdo Christians and a Jerry Springer type show. It is a really good book about faith and belief. Be...
Series: Merrily Watkins #3 This was an interesting continuation of the Merrily Watkins series. For a good chunk of the story, we’re not actually sure whether a crime’s been committed. It’s just weird stuff that has been going on and Merrily is asked to look into it. Merrily Watkins is a vicar an...
Betty and Robin Thorogood are two pagans who have bought a de-comissioned church. Merrily Watkins is the local exorcist and a local vicar. There's rumours of some unorthodox activities by the rector in the same dioceses. The bishop asks Merrily to go on TV to talk in a trash-chat-show, because she...
Betty was determined to keep the lid on the cauldron for as long as possible, which might just - the way she had been feeling lately - mean for ever.Heading for a low 3*What a choppy start, almost ditched. This is a story about the Old Ways breaking through on the Welsh English border. It was Merril...
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