A Crown of Lights (MERRILY WATKINS SERIES)
โ Scribed by Phil Rickman
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books Ltd;Corvus
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Edition
- pbk. ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0857890182
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
When a redundant church is bought by a young pagan couple, the local fundamentalist minister reacts with fury. In an isolated community on the Welsh border, a modern witch hunt begins, and Diocesan Exorcist Merrily Watkins is expected to keep the lid on the cauldron.
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