{"product_id":"9781623652982","title":"The Remains of an Altar","description":"Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mother and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents in the sleepy village of Wychehill. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerrily is called in when two people are killed in a head-on crash that is also linked to the revamped local pub which, it seems, has injected the valley with a shattering, strobing surge of inner-city nightlife... and drugs. When a dealer is found savagely murdered below the great earthen hillfort of Herefordshire Beacon, police ask: is it a ritual killing, a gangland disposal or a cry of outrage? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Merrily and the police follow separate paths towards the truth, Merrily's teenage daughter, Jane, faces the consequences of her own obsession with a possibly prehistoric site in their home village of Ledwardine. Until, on a night of frenzied violence, in a place at the centre of an ancient, universal mystery, the final, shocking connections are made.","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171975872752,"sku":"9781623652982","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623652982_p0.jpg?v=1763862056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623652982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}