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The Wine of Angels

By: Phil Rickman
Narrated by: Rebecca Lacey
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Summary

 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 17th-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.©1998 Phil Rickman (P)2006 Isis Audio Detective Horror Mystery Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Scary Paranormal Fiction

Critic reviews

"Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman." (Guardian)

"First rate crime with demons that go bump in the night." (Daily Mail)

"Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favourites." (Diana Gabaldon, international best-selling author)
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Great story of the strangest village life and the dwellers within across the demographics.
Fantastic narration bringing the characters to life

Tales of the unexpected vibes

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Really enjoyed the story but the narrator nearly put me off! Such a drab voice, glad someone replaced her as I will definitely listen to the next story in the series

Great story

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I've waited for such a long time to get this on audible. I had it on cassettes, but wore them out. I am one very happy listener.

Love this book so much.

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I returned to this on audiobook, having read it several years ago. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it as much a second time, but I found myself binge listening and resenting events that took me away from it. I highly recommend the Merrily Watkins series of books.

As Good the Second Time

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I liked all of it, all the voices and the way she reads, all except Lucy Devenish’s voice. I felt she should be more of a yokel and less of a boarding school mistress. Just a little thing. Otherwise perfect.

Well read

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