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The Wine of Angels

By: Phil Rickman
Narrated by: Rebecca Lacey
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 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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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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Initially I had problems with the narrator but once I'd reduced the speed to 95 that sorted it. Enjoyed all of it. I like a longer book so that was ideal for me.

recommend reducing speed to 95

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There was nothing to dislike. the novel was brilliant and well narrated. it was believable, due to the writing and narrator

Brilliant first Merilee novel

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