Philip Rickman
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Description
Liam Defford doesn't believe in ghosts. He does, however, believe in high-impact television. On the lookout for his next idea, he hires a journalist to research the history of a Tudor farmhouse turned luxury hotel, abandoned at the height of its success. Ignoring the chilling tales that surface, Defford decides that the hall would be the perfect setting for a celebrity reality programme ...
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Series
Publisher
Corvus
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Welcome to the River Wye: a place of poetry, historic obsession - and occult murder. The curious death of an estate agent is being investigated by detective David Vaynor who, before joining the police, studied the famous 18th century poet William Wordsworth. As Vaynor is discovering, the dark paganism that changed Wordsworth's life still lingers on the banks of the River Wye today - and there are some killings even the police can't approach. Enter...
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Publisher
Corvus
Pub. Date
2017
Description
It begins in the fog, with a bleak village funeral. In the early hours of the following morning, Merrily Watkins and her daughter Jane are made aware that Aidan Lloyd, son of a wealthy farmer, will not be resting in peace. A rural tradition is displaying its sinister side as an old feud re-ignites. It's already a fraught time for Merrily, her future threatened by a bishop committed to restricting her role as deliverance consultant, or diocesan exorcist,...
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Series
Publisher
Corvus
Pub. Date
2015
Description
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....