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The Cure of Souls

eng

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non fiction

The Cure of Souls

electronic resource

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787844070

Black poles against the pale night ... like a site laid out for a mass-crucifixion.' In Herefordshire's hop-growing country, where the river flows as dark as beer, a converted kiln is the scene of a savage murder. When the local vicar refuses to help its new owners cope with the aftermath, diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins is sent in by the Bishop. Already involved in the case of a schoolgirl whose mother thinks she's possessed by evil, the hesitant Merrily is drawn into a deadly tangle of deceit, corruption and sexual menace as she uncovers the secrets of a village with a past as twisted as

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Prologue; One: Special; Two: Little Green Apples; Three Soiled Place; Part One; 1. The Wires; 2. In the Old-fashioned Sense; 3. Stock; 4. The Reservoir; 5. Al and Sally; 6. Full of Dead People; 7. Stealing the Light; 8. Mercury Retrograde; 9. God and Music; 10. Bad Penny; 11. One Girl in Particular; Part Two; 12. Everybody Lies; 13. Question of Diplomacy; 14. Thankless; 15. From Hell; 16. Mafia; 17. Comfort and Joy; 18. Lightform; 19. And then ... Peace; 20. The Metaphysics; 21. The Brimstone Tray; 22. Barnchurch; 23. Poppies in the SnowPart Three24. Being Lost; 25. Soured; 26. Cats; 27. Scalding; 28. A Religious Man; 29. The Plagues of Frome; 30. Element of Surprise; 31. Little Taps; 32. The Big Lie; 33. Item; 34. The Cure of Souls; 35. Left to Hang; 36. Confluence; 37. Rebekah; 38. Physical Dependency; 39. Rich Girl With a Hobby; 40. Bleed Dry; 41. Another Round to the Devil; 42. Witch Trials; Part Four; 43. Retribution; 44. Avoiding the Second Death; 45. Drukerimaskri; 46. Every Evil Haunting and Phantasm; 47. Ghost Eyes; 48. Love First; One: Love Lightly?; Two: Strung Up Closing Credits; Closing Credits