Awakening

I struggled with this book at first, and almost left it to start something else. I'm so glad I stuck with it as, despite the slow start, it soon became a very good read.
The heroine is a wildlife vet with a scarred face and a huge chip on her shoulder. Throw in a village nursing a deadly brew, a pentecostal priest, snakes and murder and you have the makings of a tense, athmospheric read.