Miss Garnet's Angel Salley Vickers

Following her closest companion's death, retired teacher, Julia Garnet, exchanges her unremarkable lifestyle for six months in Venice. Painted panels in the local church depicting the journey (physical and metaphorical) of Tobias from the Apocrypha intrigue her. Changes wrought in Tobias prove to be the work of his travelling companion, finally revealed as the Archangel Raphael.
Julia's Venetian "journey" and characters she interacts with parallel those of Tobias, producing fundamental changes within her.
Vickers' story is wrapped in haunting and mystical language; the imaginatively drawn characters, set against the art, beauty and mystery of Venice, fully engage the reader.