Hanlin initially spends his time visiting and getting to know the leading village characters, including Squire Fenn. He then makes Hanlin’s acquaintance when Anna brings the detective back to the house to give him lodging. The accusation stirs up hysteria among the group until the village squire takes control, suggesting the police should be brought in.
Spark claims there is witchcraft in the village and some of those present are involved. Anna Spark, Dian’s elder sister, leads the gang into the woods to bury the butterfly.ĭavid Pinner’s Ritual has many similarities with The Wicker Man film.ĭuring a séance to ascertain if his daughter was murdered, Mrs. He kills it only to be clouted and shouted at by Mr. We are then introduced to Fat Billy’s gang who are chasing Little Berty, before Billy then chases a butterfly into the sweet shop owned by Mr and Mrs.
Gypo takes Hanlin to the oak tree where Dian where the monkey’s head is back, along with two bats pinned alongside it. When becoming aware of his police credentials. Hanlin explores the wood where the victim was found and is narrowly missed by an arrow shot by local nutter, Gypo.
However, upon checking the church, the Reverend is outraged when Hanlin finds a monkey’s head and garlic flowers on the altar. Hanlin poses as a University lecturer researching in occult activities and questions Reverend White who insists there are no such cults in the village. However, she is holding a sprig of garlic which raises the question of a ritual killing.ĭetective Inspector David Hanlin is despatched from London to investigate, his eyes almost permanently behind a pair of shades due to sun blindness.
A monkey’s head and garlic flowers had been pinned to the tree trunk, but disappeared by the time the police arrive. Contact us here to write for the Spooky Islesĭavid Pinner’s Ritual opens in the Cornish village of Thorn where the body of 8 year old Dian Spark is found by an oak tree from which she apparently fell.
0 kommentar(er)
