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Curfew [Kindle Edition]

Phil Rickman (Author)
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In Crybbe, only strangers walk at twilight... For four hundred years, the curfew bell has tolled nightly from the church tower of the small country town, Crybbe's only defence against the evil rising unbidden in its haunted streets. Radio reporter Fay Morrison came to Crybbe because she had no choice. Millionaire music tycoon Max Goff came because there was nothing left to conquer, except the power of the spirit. But he knew nothing of the town's legacy of dark magic - and nobody really felt like telling him...

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When record tycoon Max Goff travels to the village of Crybbe and decides to replace ancient stones that had fallen over, he unleashes a centuries-old evil.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1258 KB
  • Print Length: 625 pages
  • Publisher: Corvus (29 Oct 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005UE6HNU
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,819 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Wanna Get Leyed? 22 Oct 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Every respectable author involved in writing supernatural thrillers should have a `Haunted Village story' in their armoury and this is Phil Rickman's. The author's astute knowledge of the more macabre aspects of British folklore serves him well once again as he constructs an intricate plot labyrinth to place his characters.

The basic storyline involves the small town of Crybbe, built on a nexus of converging Ley lines whose ancient protections are at long last failing just as Max Goff, an eccentric record company zillionaire launches his plans to turn the town into a New Age Mecca. As the village is besieged with well meaning alternative healers and their paraphernalia of holistic magic - dark forces come into play in the guise of Black Michael as well as a plethora of dead souls wandering around and causing havoc to the local census records. It sounds like a super hero is required to restore order. Step forward - J.M Powys (Ley Line Man) - one of my all time favourite Rickman characters - who in time honoured fashion battles supreme evil and gets the girl (along with a three legged dog).

For those few mealy-mouthed critics who point out that Crybbe lacks on originality could I in turn point out that there hasn't been an original horror story written since The Bible. Let's face it, any book that has demons, Satan, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, dead men walking, plus numerous outbreaks of plagues and pestilence just has to be a horror story. The only difference here is that the `Book of Rickman' actually makes you feel fulfilled and happy as a little sunbeam at the end. So Amen to all that.

If I owned a cap I would certainly doff it to Phil Rickman for this book.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
aka Crybbe 26 Oct 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I read this in paperback entitled Crybbe. One of Rickman's earlier novels, it sets the reader up for his later works and introduces a few characters that appear in the Merrily books.

A decent size read, nice to have it in ebook form.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
So close to home... 20 Oct 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
Could this be the only novel acclaimed by both Stephen King and Joanna Trollope? All the energy of early King but with a very British setting. Where King, in Salem's Lot, imports his horrors, Rickman finds them on the ground, uncovering authentic but little-known Welsh Border folklore in this shuddery tale of a small town where the curfew bell keeps the lid on an old evil. Yes, I know Crybbe isn't Hay-on-Wye, but I know also, as I walk through the deserted streets late at night, that it isn't far away...
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A decent read
After trawling through some of the absolute rubbish in the horror section of the Kindle store I happened to stumble upon this book and decided to give it a go. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Cheryl CPG Historian
page turner
Brilliant novel. A real page turner and an unusual theme. I would love to see this as a TV serial.
Published 1 month ago by amazonian
Phil before he was famous.
I enjoy the Merrily Watkins books but these early horror books are so much better. I wish the author would return to these books to show that he cares for the fans who read his... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. Zoe Banks
Superb ghost story
Phil Rickman writes so wonderfully well. His characters are so rich and fully developed, even the minor characters have character! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stephanie
toooo long!
i was expecting alot from this book but was vastly disappointed. it is just way too long. if the author cut out all the irrelevant dull stuff i might have made it to the end,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by meera flame
classic Rickman.
Phil Rickman is best known for his 'Merrily Watkins' series of supernatural mysteries set in the Welsh border area, whose lead character is the Diocesan 'Deliverance Consultant'... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Grahame Gardner
The novel formerly known as . . .
Crybbe: a small quiet, maybe too quiet, town on the Welsh English border where the curfew bell still rings every night to safeguard the moral welfare of the town - or is it to... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. T. Young
Excellent british horror story.
This is the first Phil Rickman book I have bought and I just finished reading this on my kindle. It was a fantastic read and the story engaged me from beginning to end. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Walsh
Scarry
Wish Phil Rickman had more selections. Read all of his books,this one is the best.
Published on 3 Jan 1999
OVERALL NOT BAD
Here in the UK CURFEW was released titled CRYBBE. Not the most inspiring title for a horror novel but I bought it nevertheless. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 1998
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