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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 Wine

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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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The first of the Merrily Watkins series. Have read them all sometime ago and now enjoying the audio versions. Highly recommend.

Brilliant story

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a good book we'll read.

a great story with lots of intresting twists and turns.

Well worth a listen

Good but long

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Having read them all myself once. I live to hear them at work or anywhere i cant physically read a book

Love this series

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I've waited a long time for these brilliant books. Excellent narration by Rebecca Lacey. Thanks

At long last

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It was quite difficult to listen to as the narrator's tone was drear & monotonous.

It was also quite difficult to follow as the 'scenes' would change from one sentence to the next without a breath as if it was a tv script and the listener could see the visual changes.

Overall the book was good but, despite it's length, there were still some of the stories were left unresolved.

overly long

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So glad these are now Audible books. First class story line, Well read. Will be buying the next one.

Brilliant

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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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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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Rebecca Lacey does a brilliant job of ramping up the mystery and tension. I've read the book previously, but listening to it brings it alive in a whole new way.

a very intriguing story

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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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