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December (eBook, ePUB)

eBook, ePUB
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 €
The Fever of the World

The Fever of the World

Audio CD
Welcome to the Wye Valley ¿ a place of poetry, historic obsession ¿ and occult murder.The curious death of an estate agent is being investigated by detective David Vaynor who, before joining the police, studied the famous 18th century poet William Wordsworth. As Vaynor is discovering, the dark paganism that changed Wordsworth¿s life still lingers on the banks of the River Wye today ¿ and there are some killings even the police can¿t approach ¿ Enter Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and diocesan exorcist for Hereford. Called away from her local hauntings, Merrily finds herself confronting the riverside ghosts who, as Wordsworth puts it, `promote ill purposes and flatter foul desires¿. In the ancient heart of the Wye Valley, a buried grudge is about to come to light.…mehr

 

16,45 €

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».