The Wrong Rite
MacLeod CharlotteOut of jurisdiction, but in his element, Madoc investigates a Welsh murder.
For
mounted policeman Madoc Rhys and his wife, Janet, the pains of
traveling with an infant are worth taking young Dorothy to Wales for
Great-Uncle Sir Caradoc's ninetieth birthday. Along with every other
member of the Rhys clan, they make the pilgrimage to the ancestral pile,
to enjoy a few days of drinks, dinner, and -- as it turns out --
demonic sacrifices.
On their first morning at the family manor,
Madoc stumbles upon a concussed shepherd and a dismembered ram. It
appears to be a botched attempt at an ancient rite, executed by one of
those Welshmen who still carry a torch for the religion of the druids.
For a spot of fun, the Rhys family decides to stage its own ritual --
recreating the fertility ceremony of the Beltane bonfires. But when the
flames turn a member of his family into a fireball, Madoc springs to
action. Even five thousand miles from Canada, a Mountie always gets his
man.