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The Wine of Angels de Phil Rickman
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The Wine of Angels (1998 original; edició 1998)

de Phil Rickman

Sèrie: Merrily Watkins (1)

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The first in the historically rich, atmospheric mystery series featuring female exorcist Reverend Merrily Watkins

The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parishâ??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 alsoâ??as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discoverâ??a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centur… (més)

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Títol:The Wine of Angels
Autors:Phil Rickman
Informació:Macmillan (1998), Hardcover, 400 pages
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The Wine of Angels de Phil Rickman (1998)

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    Courting Shadows de Jem Poster (ehines)
    ehines: Very different books, but both the Merrily Watkins series and Courting Shadows are deeply concerned with the places where the deeply ingrained beliefs of the English countryside run up against more "sophisticated" or cosmopolitan views from outside. And both are much concerned with the actual fabric of the county village.… (més)
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  mrsnickleby | Jan 18, 2024 |
A return to this series for me having read volume 3 some years ago. This is book 1 in the series and Merrily Watkins, newly qualified vicar, is installed as Priest-in-Charge (not quite a full vicar) in a small Herefordshire village in an enormous old vicarage where she and her teenage daughter Jane are rattling around like the proverbial peas. There is an undercurrent of unease starting with the unscheduled event during an apple orchard Wassailing ritual, and building through the book as it becomes clear that there are a number of very unpleasant secrets among old families, stemming back to at least the seventeenth century.

I liked the characters of Jane and old Gomer Parish, a retired plant and machinery man (who was still working in 'Crybbe', a non-Merrily Watkins Rickman novel I read a while back). My favourite character was the eccentric elderly woman, Lucy. I wasn't so keen on Merrily: I'm afraid I find her irritating, too quick to constantly dismiss evidence of supernatural activity and rather ineffectual for her role. I also wasn't happy that, as in 'Crybbe', the author once more resorts to killing off one of the more interesting characters although this time it was at least quite late on.

The revelations of what is really going on in the village are chilling but took too long to come out for me, and were over too quickly and skimpily. It was also left a bit vague as to a key event at the end - was Jane transported away to safety in the orchard by the fay folk and if so, was Lol Robinson really "covered" legally regarding his justifiable (if she was in the clutches of a ruthless murderer) action otherwise?. So given the problems I found, I would rate this a 3-star quite enjoyable read, but no higher. ( )
  kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |
While this book was a slower-paced book, I really enjoyed the world-building and character development.
It really was a true mystery and in a small English town so super creepy b/c it could actually happen. ( )
  StarKnits | Jul 24, 2023 |
Took a bit of time to get going, but as it is the first of a series, this is perhaps to be expected. Really like the Merrily Watkins character, so look forward to reading the other books in the series ( )
  LisaBergin | Apr 12, 2023 |
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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:

The first in the historically rich, atmospheric mystery series featuring female exorcist Reverend Merrily Watkins

The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parishâ??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 alsoâ??as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discoverâ??a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centur

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