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Is part of Briony Walker Jane Goodall , 2004 series - author novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Visitor
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'It is 1974 and Detective Inspector Briony Williams, with her trademark directness and impatience with small talk, has just started a new job with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford.Briony and her team are called out to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old girl in whose hand she finds a stone carved with an ancient cryptic message that says 'the busie fiend control'. Convinced she has encountered no ordinary domestic crime, Briony finds herself in a world of vengeful gods, devilish creatures in search of prey, and curses of the evil eye.A serial killer is roaming the prehistoric landscapes of the White Horse Vale, inspired by local druid folklore about a demonic supernatural Visitor. The perpetrator is violently and systematically murdering people, the victims restrained or held down and killed with heavy blows from all angles.There are psychic girls, druid witches, and maybe even horned goats sitting on altars wearing fur-edged capes. Or are there? Briony, in her search for scientific evidence, needs to steer a dangerous course between rationality and superstition during the autumn equinox, when the spirits are said to wander between worlds.' (Publication summary)

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  • Dedication: For Paul

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Keltenmond
Language: German
    • Bergisch Gladbach,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Bastei Lübbe ,
      2006 .
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      Extent: 476p.p.
      ISBN: 9783404156078

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Works about this Work

Paperbacks Graham Clark , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 - 17 July 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Evil and the Broad Appeal of Demonic Violence Graeme Blundell , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 September 2005; (p. 10)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Desparate Crimes Tony Smith , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 274 2005; (p. 51-52)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel ; Rubdown Leigh Redhead , 2005 single work novel ; The Broken Shore Peter Temple , 2005 single work novel
Creepy Thrills Build a Faithful Following Bronwyn Rivers , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 August 2005; (p. 22)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Double Trouble in an Unearthly World of Crime Sue Turnbull , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 July 2005; (p. 4)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Double Trouble in an Unearthly World of Crime Sue Turnbull , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 July 2005; (p. 4)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Creepy Thrills Build a Faithful Following Bronwyn Rivers , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 August 2005; (p. 22)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Desparate Crimes Tony Smith , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 274 2005; (p. 51-52)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel ; Rubdown Leigh Redhead , 2005 single work novel ; The Broken Shore Peter Temple , 2005 single work novel
Evil and the Broad Appeal of Demonic Violence Graeme Blundell , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 September 2005; (p. 10)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 - 17 July 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of The Visitor Jane Goodall , 2005 single work novel
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