Candlenight
 Classical Gothic Horror Novel: This book is one of those spooky ones, where you keep wanting to cheer for the hero, but you have the feeling he's going to be killed at any minute. A modern English couple move to Wales where Claire's father left her his [... more]
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The Cure of Souls (A Merrily Watkins Mystery)
"The Deliverance Ministry is here to listen and advise": Not having read all of Phil Rickman's Merrily Watkins stories it's a bit forward to say that The Cure of Souls is the best or the spookiest or any other such superlative. But rest assured, [... more]
$8.99
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The Lamp of the Wicked (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)
Perfect Combination of Supernatural and Mystery!: After reading the first Merrily Watkins novel, Midwinter of the Spirit, I grabbed every Phil Rickman book I could find. Although I enjoyed them all, it is the Merrily series that has won my heart. What a [... more]
$8.99
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The Smile of a Ghost (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)
Best of the "Merrily" series: Smile of a Ghost is undoubtedly the best of the Merrily Watkins series--and the best of all Rickman's books. Though there is a slight paranormal flavor, the book works best as a straight mystery, one involving many [... more]
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The Remains of an Altar (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)
Another Chapter in a Long Story: The latest book in the continuing saga of Merrily Watkins, Vicar of Ledwardine and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, may very well be one of the best. I have long thought that the late, great Ed McBain's 8 [... more]
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Curfew
huh?: I hate to be the dissenter here, but I didn't enjoy the book much. Actually, I didn't even finish it. After 50 pages I just gave up. I was getting confused as to who does what. He'll have several paragraphs of general verse, then one paragraph will [... more]
$23.95
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Crybbe
Alternate title: Curfew: Woe betide the unsuspecting city-raised New Ager who ventures out into Crybbe's mean streets while curfew is being rung--especially during one of the unnervingly frequent power blackouts. According to author, Phil Rickman Crybbe [... more]
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The Wine of Angels
Women of Spirit: This is a review of the audiobook so I will be mentioning the narrator along with the text. Phil Rickman, who I have only known until recently as the author of three thick horror tomes, manages to create in the stories of Merrily Watkins, [... more]
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The Chalice: A Glastonbury Ghost Story (Glastonbury ...
The Black Bus of Death: I've read the five mysteries in Phil Rickman's Anglican priest/exorcist Merrily Watkins series and have been working my way through his earlier horror novels. "The Chalice" subtitled "A Glastonbury ghost story" [... more]
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The Man in the Moss
Celtic horror for patient, intelligent readers: Story: Bridelow is a (fictional) small town in central England, situated between the moors on one side, and an enormous peat-bog on the other side. Bridelow has been widely known for its beer (Bridelow [... more]
$8.99
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