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The Remains of An Altar

By: Phil Rickman
Narrated by: Julie Maisey
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Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents in the sleepy village of Wychehill.

Merrily is called in when two people are killed in a head-on crash that is also linked to the revamped local pub which, it seems, has injected the valley with a shattering, strobing surge of inner-city nightlife... and drugs. When a dealer is found savagely murdered below the great earthen hillfort of Herefordshire Beacon, police ask: is it a ritual killing, a gangland disposal or a cry of outrage?

As Merrily and the police follow separate paths towards the truth, Merrily's teenage daughter, Jane, faces the consequences of her own obsession with a possibly prehistoric site in their home village of Ledwardine. Until, on a night of frenzied violence, in a place at the centre of an ancient, universal mystery, the final, shocking connections are made. (P)2007 Quercus Editions Ltd©2007 Phil Rickman Crime Fiction Detective Mystery Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Village Suspense Middle Ages
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Sorely disappointed! I love the Merrily Watkins series and this is the first audible book in the series I've bought. I am switching between actually reading the book and listening to the audible version and when first returning to the book, I realised how much of the content had been left out - huge chunks of it! Don't waste your credits on this version, I wish I hadn't.

***Be aware, this is abridged***

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