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 seventeenth-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.
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(@CorvusBooks, 1 April 2011, e-book, 527 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, #PrimeReading)
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I've read a few books in this series but still have a lot of get through. I recently read All of a Winter's Night which reignited my interest in the series. I really enjoyed The Wine of Angels which is the first book in the series. I have a vague memory of reading it many years ago. I think Merrily is a great character. I love her name and the fact she's not what you expect a vicar to be - in a good way. This is well-written and engaging. I really enjoyed it.
