Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary, Rickman's crime series is one of the best around Spectator on the Merrily Watkins series Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth The Times on the Merrily Watkins series Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman Guardian on the Merrily Watkins series First rate crime with demons that go bump in the night Daily Mail on the Merrily Watkins series