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December (eBook, ePUB)



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A standalone supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries. December has the shortest days, the darkest nights... In the ruins of a medieval abbey on the Welsh Border, four young musicians start work on an album influenced by the site's bloody history. It's December 1980 - the night John Lennon will be murdered in New York. And there'll be more horror before the sun rises and the session tapes are burned. Or are they? Years later, Moira, Dave, Tom and Simon are persuaded to return to the abbey to complete the recordings they thought had been destroyed. But the old tapes - and all the darkness they contain - have been restored. And it's December again. A PHIL RICKMAN STANDALONE NOVEL…mehr

 

2,99 €

Midwinter of the Spirit (eBook, ePUB)



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'Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman.' - Guardian Diocesan Exorcist: a job viewed by the Church of England with such extreme suspicion that they changed the name. It's Deliverance Consultant now. Still, it seems, no job for a woman. But when the Bishop offers it to Merrily Watkins - parish priest and single mum - she's in no position to refuse. It starts badly for Merrily and gets no easier. As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated and signs of evil appear in the cathedral itself, where the tomb of a medieval saint lies in pieces.…mehr

 

6,99 €

Phil Rickman

Rickman, PhilPhil Rickman, geboren in Lancashire, ist ein englischer Autor und Radiomoderator. Zu seinen Werken gehören auch bemerkenswert erfolgreiche Spannungsromane, die er unter dem Pseudonym Will Kingdom verfasst. Seit Ende der neunziger Jahre schreibt er an seiner Krimireihe um Merrily Watkins, die in England seit langem Kult-Status genießt. «Erstklassige Thriller mit dem besonderen Etwas», heißt es im «Guardian», und der «Spectator» urteilt knapp: «Eine der besten Krimiserien überhaupt».