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The Cure of Souls (A Merrily Watkins Mystery) by Philip Rickman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers WeeklyMerrily Watkins, single mom and Anglican priest, faces more than one occult threat in her third chilling outing, set in northeast Herefordshire near the Welsh border, from British author Rickman (Midwinter of the Spirit; A Crown of Lights). In her role as the appointed diocesan Deliverance Minister, Merrily is looking into a family's claims that "evil" has possessed their daughter when the Bishop of Hereford asks her to intervene in a dispute over whether or not a converted hopkiln is haunted. Once used to dry the hops in beer making, the kiln was also the scene of a terrible murder. Sensible, down-to-earth Merrily, as she investigates each case, isn't totally convinced that the unnatural phenomena are genuine. However, after her attempted exorcism of the hopkiln fails, another brutal murder occurs, the possessed daughter tries to commit suicide and she begins to question her own judgment. In a search for the truth, Merrily, her daughter and her good friend, Lol Robinson, find intrigue, lies, cover-ups, danger and the unexplainable. While the unraveling of the two stories takes time, the pace is fast and plot twists await the reader around every corner right u

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Author
Philip Rickman
Publisher
Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780857890122
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Mystery, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.5 / 5 (836 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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