The Wine of Angels

Phil Rickman

Oct 2021 · Merrily Watkins Book 1 · Bolinda · Narrated by Rebecca Lacey

About this audiobook

The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish – or a huge and haunted vicarage. Nor had she wanted to walk into a dispute over a controversial play about a 17th-century clergyman accused of witchcraft ... a story that certain long-established families would rather remained obscure. But this is Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets ... a paradise of cobbled streets and timber-framed houses. And also – as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discover – a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centuries.

About the author

Phil Rickman is the author of the Merrily Watkins mysteries, the new John Dee series and several novels of the paranormal, including two for children under the name Thom Madley. He’s still trying to write the sometimes-transcendental thriller (an all-the-time transcendental thriller would be bloody unreadable, so it’s a balancing act). Born in Lancashire, he’s spent most of his adult life in Wales and the Border country, where he won a couple of awards for his work as a BBC radio and TV news reporter. First novel, Candlenight (1991) was discovered by the novelist and fiction-editor Alice Thomas Ellis and was followed by four other stand-alone ghost stories before the Merrily Watkins series began with The Wine of Angels. Phil lives near Hay-on-Wye with his wife and editor, Carol – they met as journalists on the same paper – and a bunch of animals. He writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales.

Rebecca made her name in May to December back in the 90's. Now Rebecca is probably best known for playing the feisty Dr George in Casualty and many other fantastic roles in TV drama's including Doc Martin, Endeavour, Monarch of the Glen, New Tricks, Hustle, The Interceptor with Trevor Eve. Rebecca also recently played Siobhan in the widely acclaimed West End hit show The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Films include Chalet Girl and audiobooks include Torchwood with Big Finish.