Author(s): Phil Rickman

Crime, Thrillers and Mystery

'Gappy old grin, eyes like grey holes...these very branches. Look up, Janey...' It looks like a paradise parish: cobbled streets, black and white timber -framed houses. But, even before she moves in, Merrily Watkins, the new woman priest, has witnessed an ugly death. Soon she'll be involved in a bitter dispute over a play about a 17th century vicar accused of witchcraft...a story which certain old families would rather remained obscure. Welcome to Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrecy. And, as Merrily and her teenage daughter, Jane, discover, a village where horrific murder is a tradition spanning centuries.