Ghostly Murders - Poche

Chaucer's pilgrims are sheltering from a sudden spring shower in the ruins of a church while the poor Priest narrates his mysterious tale of ancient evil, greed, devilish murder and chilling hauntings... Young Philip Trumpington, newly appointed parish priest of Scawsby in Kent, is accompanied to, his post in the pleasant, prosperous village by his brother Edmund and their close friend, stonemason Stephen Merkle. They soon secure permission to pull down the ancient church and build a new one outside the village at a place called High Mount. However, the old church and its graveyard harbour shocking secrets. Years earlier a group of Templars had been brutally massacred out on the marshes. Their attackers were led by a former vicar of Scawsby, Romenal, a warlock and sorcerer. Philip soon discovers the church is haunted 'The Watchers' and the villagers are scarred by the grim past and a terrible curse. Philip realises that a great and ancient evil pervades, which must be brought into the light, resolved and reparation made. But the price is great - and takes the poor Priest and his brother, the Ploughman, to Canterbury to pray before the 'blissful bones' of St Thomas à Becket.