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To Dream of the Dead: A Merrily Watkins Mystery (Merrily Watkins Mysteries) by Rickman, Phil is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The village of Ledwardine has never been flooded in living memory, but as the river continues to rise with December rains, within days it will be an island. Electricity has been cut and the church is serving as a temporary mortuary for two people who drowned. Only one man feels safe: an aggressively atheist author who has been movedfor his own safetyinto a secluded house just outside the village. Meanwhile, archaeologistsassisted by Merrily Watkinss teenage daughter, Janeare at work unearthing an ancient row of standing stonesthat some people would prefer stay buried. The atheists temporary home is close to the site, and his young wife is becoming conspicuously agitated. Is it the fear of discovery? With the flood water washing up Church Lane towards the vicarage and the shop running out of cigarettes, it looks to be a cold and complex Christmas for Merrily Watkins. From Publishers Weekly Past and present collide with fatal results in British author Rickman's unsettling 10th mystery to feature parish priest Merrily Watkins (after 2008's The Fabric of Sin ). A few days before Christmas, a body with a mutilated face turns up in a ruined monastery in the Herefordshire village

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Author
Rickman, Phil
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc : [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9781847247926
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thrillers
Rating
4.28 / 5 (43 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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