Where hops and malt are lost

Where hops and malt are lost

The Cure of Souls (Merrily Watkins Mysteries) (Paperback)

Customer Review

Rickman's mystery thriller takes us this time in a secluded world of the (mystical?) Border between England and Wales. A region that has lived for generations on cultivation of hops, the substance of which are the beers.
Who now expects an idyllic world, now (as always with Rickman) is greatly deceived. Under the surface bubbles powerful, old, unpunished crime act like a curse according to the present and drive previously uninvolved in the madness that leads them to even more vile crime. Reverend Merrily Watkins, an Anglican priest with a slight slope to the perception of the supernatural, caught between all fronts (which run not only psychological, but also on a social level) and has to assert itself under the utmost effort to help the truth to light. Only in this way the past can be finally buried.

Evil is in Rickman's view a power that comes from the action of individuals. Whose deeds are not atoned for their lifetime (or remain, as in this novel, from interest undisclosed), they seem even more ominous to future generations after, until the truth is mercilessly exposed. It is the strength of this author, to show in detail how individual involvement can lead to greater disaster. Present novel is not only the radiography of a past crime, but also a genre picture of a rural society that is falling apart.
Rickman's strength here turns out, unfortunately, as a weakness. There are intertwined without all learn a satisfactory resolution simply too many storylines. It is left to the reader, they spin over.
Conclusion: not a bad novel, Rickman can but even better (For example: The Chalice). Nevertheless, recommended.

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