All of a Winter's Night (14) (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)

Merrily Watkins Is The Most Singular Of Crime Fiction Protagonists... As Ever [rickman]'s Supremely Skillful At Teasing Out The Menace That Lies Behind English Folk Customs And Legends And Weaving Them Into A Compelling Contemporary Narrative. - Mail On Sunday In The Dark Heart Of The Countryside... When Aidan Lloyd's Bleak Funeral Is Followed By A Nocturnal Ritual In The Fog, It Becomes All Too Clear That Aidan, Son Of A Wealthy Farmer, Will Not Be Resting In Peace. Aidan's Hidden History Has Reignited An Old Feud, And A Rural Tradition Begins To Display Its Sinister Side. It's Already A Fraught Time For Merrily Watkins, Her Future Threatened By A Bishop Committed To Restricting Her Role As Diocesan Exorcist For Hereford. Suddenly There Are Events She Can't Talk About As She And Her Daughter Jane Find Themselves Potentially On The Wrong Side Of The Law. In The City Of Hereford, Di Frannie Bliss, Investigating A Shooting, Must Confront The Apparent Growth Of Organised Crime, Also Contaminating The Countryside. On The Welsh Border, The Old Ways Are At War With The Modern World. As The Days Shorten And The Fog Gives Way To Ice And Snow, A Savage Killing Draws Merrily Watkins Into A Conflict Centred On One Of Britain's Most Famous Medieval Churches, Its Walls Laden With Ancient Symbolism. Midwinter Of The Spirit, Televised Last Year To Worldwide Critical Acclaim, Was The First Novel To Reflect The Reality Of Exorcism In Modern Britain. All Of A Winter's Night Is The 15th Episode In This Electrifying Series. A Medieval Legend Spawns An Unhealthy Cult... And A Terrifying Case For Merrily Watkins. When Aidan Lloyd's Bleak Funeral Is Followed By A Nocturnal Ritual In The Fog, It Becomes All Too Clear That Aidan, Son Of A Wealthy Farmer, Will Not Be Resting In Peace. Aidan's Hidden History Has Reignited An Old Feud, And A Rural Tradition Begins To Display Its Sinister Side. It's Already A Fraught Time For Merrily Watkins, Her Future Threatened By A Bishop Committed To Restricting Her Role As Diocesan Exorcist For Hereford. Suddenly There Are Events She Can't Talk About As She And Her Daughter Jane Find Themselves Potentially On The Wrong Side Of The Law. In The City Of Hereford, Di Frannie Bliss, Investigating A Shooting, Must Confront The Apparent Growth Of Organised Crime, Also Contaminating The Countryside. On The Welsh Border, The Old Ways Are At War With The Modern World. As The Days Shorten And The Fog Gives Way To Ice And Snow, A Savage Killing Draws Merrily Watkins Into A Conflict Centred On One Of Britain's Most Famous Medieval Churches, Its Walls Laden With Ancient Symbolism. Phil Rickman. Det er tydelig at Aidan Lloyd aldri kommer til å hvile i fred, etter at hans dystre begravelse blir etterfulgt av et nattlig ritual i tåka. Aidans skjulte historie har fått en gammel feide til å blusse opp, og en fast tradisjon i landsbyen har begynt å vise seg fra en mørk side. Det er en nervepirrende tid for Merrily Watkins. Fremtiden hennes er truet av en biskop som stikker kjepper i hjulene for hennes rolle som bispedømmets eksorsist. Plutselig er det ting hun ikke engang kan snakke om, og Merrily og datteren Jane befinner plutselig på feil side av loven. DI Frannie Bliss etterforsker en skyteepisode og hun står ansikt til ansikt med en type organisert kriminalitet som også har spredd seg til landsbygda. På grensen til Wales er det gamle og etablerte i krig med den moderne verden. Et grusomt drap fører Merrily inn i en konflikt i en av Storbritannias mest kjente middelalderkirker, et sted der gammel symbolikk henger igjen i veggene. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS It begins in the fog, with a bleak village funeral. In the early hours of the following morning, Merrily Watkins and her daughter Jane are made aware that Aidan Lloyd, son of a wealthy farmer, will not be resting in peace. A rural tradition is displaying its sinister side as an old feud re-ignites. It's already a fraught time for Merrily, her future threatened by a bishop committed to restricting her role as deliverance consultant, or diocesan exorcist. Suddenly there are events she can't talk about as she and Jane find themselves potentially on the wrong side of the law. Meanwhile, DI Frannie Bliss, investigating a shooting, must confront the growth organized crime which is contaminating the countryside. On the Welsh border, the old ways are at war with the modern world. As the days shorten and the fog gives way to ice and snow, Merrily Watkins is drawn into a conflict centered on one of Britain's most famous medieval churches, its walls laden with ancient symbolism. Dominee/exorciste Merrily Watkins krijgt te maken met een doodgereden boerenzoon en de moord op een kerkrector, terwijl de nieuwe bisschop haar exorcisme-activiteiten bestrijdt. NL-ZmNBD