2011, ISBN: 9781848872745

Corvus. Good. 25 cm. Paperback. 2011. 578 pages. Cover worn. Ex-library<br>Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back the Regiment - this time as its chaplain, responsible… Mehr…

Corvus. Good. 25 cm. Paperback. 2011. 578 pages. Cover worn. Ex-library<br>Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back the Regiment - this time as its chaplain, responsible for the spiritual welfare of the hardest men in or ou t of uniform. Faced with a case which would normally be passed di screetly to Hereford diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins, Spicer is forced, for security reasons, to try and handle it himself... an d is coming close to a breakdown. Meanwhile, the scattered commun ities along the Welsh border have their own crisis. With recessio n biting deep, urban crime has spilled into the countryside and o ld barbaric evils are revived. When a wealthy landowner is hacked to death in his own farmyard, the senior investigating officer, DI Frannie Bliss is caught in the backlash, his private life in d anger of exposure.With the framework of her own world beginning t o crack, Merrily Watkins is persuaded to venture into areas where neither a priest nor a woman is welcome... to unearth secrets li nked with the border's pagan past. Secrets which she knows can ne ver be disclosed. ., Corvus, 2011, 2.5<