The Smile of a GhostThe Smile of a Ghost
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Book, 2005
Current format, Book, 2005, , All copies in use.Book, 2005
Current format, Book, 2005, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsWhen the nephew of retired Detective Sergeant Andy Mumford dies in a fall from the ruins of a castle in the medieval town of Ludlow, he suspects foul play and enlists the aid of Merrily Watkins as two more deaths rock the village.
The border town of Ludlow has it all: exquisite medieval streets, an imposing ruined castle, a parish church the size of a cathedral and a weight of history and legend.
Wealthy people, famous people, have come to Ludlow to live. A sad teenage boy comes here to die ... dramatically, at sunset, in a fall from the ruins. Accident or suicide? Either way, no great mystery. Or is there?
Robbie Walsh was the nephew of former Detective Sergeant Andy Mumford, newly - and reluctantly - retired from West Mercia CID. When Mumford's ailing mother becomes convinced she's still seeing her dead grandson in the old town, the ex-policeman brings in Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and Deliverance consultant to the diocese of Hereford. Is his mother's problem dementia, delusion or something even more disturbing?
It's already a difficult time for Merrily, now having to work with a new diocesan Deliverance advisory panel headed by an ambitious priest and a sceptical psychiatrist. When, after two more deaths, she is drawn towards the peculiar lifestyle of the one-time Gothic rock singer Belladonna, Merrily is compelled, for the first time, to work undercover ... discovering that below the surrounding beauty lie layers of alienation and despair, while the shadowy medieval streets nurture a noxious obsession with the nature of death and the afterlife.
The border town of Ludlow has it all?exquisite medieval streets, a parish church the size of a cathedral, and a weight of history and legend. After a young teenage boy dies, his grandmother becomes convinced she's still seeing her dead grandson in the old town. Merrily Watkins, parish priest is brought in to find out if it is dementia, delusion or something even more disturbing?
The border town of Ludlow has it all: exquisite medieval streets, an imposing ruined castle, a parish church the size of a cathedral and a weight of history and legend.
Wealthy people, famous people, have come to Ludlow to live. A sad teenage boy comes here to die ... dramatically, at sunset, in a fall from the ruins. Accident or suicide? Either way, no great mystery. Or is there?
Robbie Walsh was the nephew of former Detective Sergeant Andy Mumford, newly - and reluctantly - retired from West Mercia CID. When Mumford's ailing mother becomes convinced she's still seeing her dead grandson in the old town, the ex-policeman brings in Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and Deliverance consultant to the diocese of Hereford. Is his mother's problem dementia, delusion or something even more disturbing?
It's already a difficult time for Merrily, now having to work with a new diocesan Deliverance advisory panel headed by an ambitious priest and a sceptical psychiatrist. When, after two more deaths, she is drawn towards the peculiar lifestyle of the one-time Gothic rock singer Belladonna, Merrily is compelled, for the first time, to work undercover ... discovering that below the surrounding beauty lie layers of alienation and despair, while the shadowy medieval streets nurture a noxious obsession with the nature of death and the afterlife.
The border town of Ludlow has it all?exquisite medieval streets, a parish church the size of a cathedral, and a weight of history and legend. After a young teenage boy dies, his grandmother becomes convinced she's still seeing her dead grandson in the old town. Merrily Watkins, parish priest is brought in to find out if it is dementia, delusion or something even more disturbing?
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