Exorcism

Friends of the Dusk by Phil Rickman

By DavidPrestidge

2 December, 2015

The Reverend Merrily Watkins – vicar of the Herefordshire village of Lentwardine – is a widow. Years ago, her philandering husband came off second-best in a collision with a motorway bridge. Now, Merrily’s ‘night job’ is to be the deliverance consultant (read exorcist) for the…

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First look: Friends of the Dusk by Phil Rickman

By DavidPrestidge

27 October, 2015

After being a very private pleasure for a small but devoted readership, the Merrily Watkins novels by Phil Rickman have become a hot property, with a highly regarded TV mini-series – Midwinter of the Spirit – putting the reverend lady on the screen for the…

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First look: Phil Rickman's new mini-novel

By DavidPrestidge

3 October, 2015

It’s a rare occasion when the postman delivers a book that is as physically rewarding as you hope the contents will be. This little gem arrived today in a whopping great big padded envelope, courtesy of Corvus books. Social media is currently buzzing with the downright…

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The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman

By DavidPrestidge

3 November, 2013

This is the 12th in the series featuring Rev Merrily Watkins, the Diocesan Deliverance Consultant (or exorcist, as she would have been called in less enlightened times) for Hereford. When an old man called David Hambling is found dead in The Dulas Brook, a tributary…

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Interview: Phil Rickman

By DavidPrestidge

13 October, 2013

Phil Rickman is probably best known for his Merrily Watkins series. Set in Herefordshire and the Welsh borders they feature Merrily Watkins, the attractive, widowed vicar of Ledwardine. However, Merrily isn’t your average country vicar. She’s trained in exorcism or, to use the modern euphemism,…

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Friends of the Dusk by Phil Rickman

First look: Friends of the Dusk by Phil Rickman

First look: Phil Rickman's new mini-novel

The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman

Interview: Phil Rickman

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