The Devil's Acre
Subtitle: an unlikely mystery
By: David Holland.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Philanthropists -- Fiction.; Clergy -- Fiction.; Tuckworth, Reverend (Ficticious character) -- Fiction.; London (England) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "It is 1833, in the quaint, quiet world of Bellminster, a pretty cathedral town in the English countryside with secrets and shadows around every corner. Venture into a world of petty politics and malicious gossip, a world of surprises and betrayals, a world held together by the suffering soul of a simple man - the good Reverend Tuckworth. Someone is preying on the good people of Bellminster, and only their vicar can save them. But Tuckworth has a dark secret of his own, a deadly secret, a secret he must keep hidden from everyone: from his loving daughter, Lucy, from the rash young painter Raphael Amaldi, from the supercilious rector, Mr. Mortimer, from Detective Inspector Myles of London, and most of all, from the murderer himself. Join the vicar as he sifts through the stones of Bellminster Cathedral, drawing from its cold heart the secrets behind the string of grisly murders that is plaguing this picturesque little town. The Devil runs free in Bellminster, and only Tuckworth can stop him"--Publisher's description.