Friends of the Dusk

Phil Rickman

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English

Corvus
18 November 2015

Crime & Mystery

Series: Merrily Watkins Series

When Autumn storms blast Hereford, centuries-old human bones are found amongst the roots of a tree blown down on the city's Castle Green. But why have they been stolen?

At the nearby Cathedral, another storm is building around a new, modernising bishop who believes that if the Church is to survive it must phase out irrelevant archaic practices. Not good news for Merrily Watkins, consultant on the paranormal or, as it used

to be known, diocesan exorcist. Especially as she's now presented with the job at its most medieval.

In the moody countryside on the edge of Wales, a rambling 12th-century house is thought to be haunted. Although its new

owners don't believe in ghosts, they do believe in spiritual darkness and the need for exorcism. But their approach to Merrily is oblique and guarded. No-one can be told - least of all the new bishop.

Merrily's discovery of the house's links with the medieval legend of a man who resisted mortality threatens to expose the hidden history of a more modern cult and its trail of insidious abuse. A trail that may not be closed.

By: Phil Rickman
Imprint: Corvus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Volume: 13
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 727g
ISBN: 9781782396949
ISBN 10: 1782396942
Series: Merrily Watkins Series
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 18 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Phil Rickman lives on the Welsh border where he writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales. He is the hugely popular author of the Merrily Watkins series and the John Dee papers.

Reviews for Friends of the Dusk

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