The Corn Bride

A rural Ben Aaronovitch! C. K. McDonnell Fast-paced, entertainingly creepy, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely moving Michelle Paver Dear reader, you are cordially invited to the strangest wedding of the year . . . Its May 1941, and the war is in full swing. Yet in the quiet village of Woodville in rural Kent a happy event is on the horizon, as Faye Bright interrupts her training with the British Secret Service to return home and marry her true love, Bertie. But as preparations get underway, a ghostly premonition throws a spanner in the works. Who is the Corn Bride, and is her burning visage a warning, or a threat to the happiest day of Fayes life? As Faye and the witches investigate, its soon apparent that theres much more on the line than dress fittings, decorations and Berties stag do. For an old enemy is stirring in the shadows, bent on vengeance. And hes not above crashing a wedding to get it. Will the happy couple make it to the church on time? Or, after all shes survived, could it be getting hitched that finally spells Fayes doom? Embark upon an adventure that weaves together romance, undead Nazis, pensioner spies, spectral schoolchildren and a talking budgerigar, and still somehow manages to prove that love is the most powerful magic of all. *** For fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett comes the fifth novel in this delightful series of war, mystery and a little bit of magic . . . Dont miss the other magical books in the WITCHES OF WOODVILLE series! #1 The Crow Folk #2 Babes in the Wood #3 The Ghost of Ivy Barn #4 The Holly King