<b>No-one writes better </b>of the shadow-frontier between the supernatural and the real world.
Bernard Cornwell, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder</b>. A most original sleuth.
The Times, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favourites</b>. I love everything he's done.
Diana Gabaldon, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>[Rickman] is supremely skilful</b>... a compelling contemporary narrative.
Mail on Sunday, praise for Merrily Watkins
Tight with atmosphere, thick with latent violence... <b>Brilliantly eerie</b>.
Peter James, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary</b>, Rickman's crime series is <b>one of the best around</b>.
Spectator, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>Complex, absorbing, fascinating</b>...
Andrew Taylor, praise for Merrily Watkins
Few writers blend the <b>ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal</b> better than Rickman.
Guardian, praise for Merrily Watkins
The layers, the characters, the humour, the spookiness - <b>perfect</b>.
Elly Griffiths, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>First rate crime</b> with demons that go bump in the night.
Daily Mail, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>Classic mysteries</b>... [which] cleverly illuminate the darkest corners of our imaginations.
John Connolly, praise for Merrily Watkins
<b>Engrossing and beautifully dark</b>... a cracking good read ensues.
Jo Brand, praise for Merrily Watkins
The Parish Priest must solve the mystery of a young boy's deathly fall from the Ludlow Castle ruins, and discovers a hidden obsession with the afterlife amongst the ancient streets...
'Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary. Rickman's crime series is one of the best around.' - Spectator
In the affluent, historic town of Ludlow, a teenage boy dies in a fall from the castle ruins. Accident or suicide? No great mystery - so why does the boy's uncle, retired detective Andy Mumford, turn to Diocesan Exorcist Merrily Watkins?
More people will die before Merrily - her own future uncertain - uncovers a dangerous obsession with suicide, death and the afterlife hidden within these shadowed medieval streets.