"The Wine Of Angels", Phil Rickman
This is the first book featuring Merrily Watkins, vicar of the village of Ledwardine and, in the rest of the series, diocese exorcist. As the seventh book in the series is due out this year and I've only read them through once, I felt it was time for a refresher. They blend the supernatural - both Pagan and Christian - with more down to earth mysteries, and are well worth a read.The Wine Of Angels deals with her arrival as Priest-in-charge and build up to her installation as vicar, having to deal with the various tensions at work in the community - a heritage festival is planned and Merrily is caught in the middle of gay rights vs feudal rights, pagan/folkloric influences vs Christian, a missing girl and her own teenage daughter Jane (think "Cybil" set in Herefordshire. With ghosts. Ok, maybe not so much).
Rickman's written several other stand-alone books (all of which I'd recommend), but if you're going to read the Merrily Watkins ones, read this one first, or a lot of the plot won't be a surprise.
posted by Izzy @ 7:13 pm
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