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The Magus of Hay

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Written by Phil Rickman — 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…
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Never Laugh As A Hearse Goes By

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Written by Elizabeth J Duncan –- Mum, gran or great aunt, most families are blessed with a member who has a saying for every occasion, guaranteed to come up with such gems as ‘Look before you leap’, ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’…
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Interview: Phil Rickman

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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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Gimme Shelter

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Written by Rob Gittins — The Murder Squad in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff have a big problem. A psychopathic Ukranian vice baron is creating havoc among his rivals, and taking his anger out on the prostitutes who have been unwise enough to upset…
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Demons Walk Among Us

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Written by Jonathan Hicks — Last year, Hicks introduced us to Captain Thomas Oscendale, of The Military Foot Police. In The Dead of Mametz, he was investigating treachery and murder during the Battle of The Somme. Now, he is in the Ypres Salient, and it…
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Love Story, With Murders

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Written by Harry Bingham — In 2012 Harry Bingham introduced Detective Constable Fiona Griffiths to crime fiction – and it was a stellar meeting. In Talking To The Dead, we learned that the Cardiff detective had a serious mental condition called Cotard’s Syndrome, which caused…
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The Score

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Written by Howard Marks — Still recovering from the trauma of her last case – as told in Howard Marks’ crime fiction debut, Sympathy For The Devil – Welsh detective DS Catrin Price has been consigned to the ignominy of admin duty. She spends her days…
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Talking to the Dead

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Written by Harry Bingham — DC Fiona Griffiths is a complete oddity in the ranks of the South Wales Police. She studied philosophy at Cambridge, neither smokes nor drinks, has a father with a distinctly criminal background and appears to be like a fish out…
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