Midwinter of the Spirit (TV Tie-in)

Description

Adapted into a major ITV series based on Phil Rickman's much-loved character Reverend Merrily Watkins featuring a BAFTA award-winning cast. 'They'll follow you home... breathe down your phone at night... a prime target for every psychotic grinder of the dark satanic mills that ever sacrificed a chicken...' Diocesan Exorcist: a job viewed by the Church of England with such extreme suspicion that they changed the name. It's Deliverance Consultant now. Still, it seems, no job for a woman. But when the Bishop offers it to Merrily Watkins, parish priest and single mum, she's in no position to refuse. It starts badly for Merrily and gets no easier. As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated and signs of evil appear in the cathedral itself, where the tomb of a medieval saint lies in pieces.

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 acclaimed author of The Heresy of Dr Dee, The Bones of Avalon, Midwinter of the Spirit (now a major ITV series), the Merrily Watkins series and the John Dee Papers. Visit his website at: www.philrickman.co.uk.

Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favorites. I love everything he's done, from horror to mystery to supernatural thriller - often all in the same book. * DIANA GABALDON * A dark no man's land where murder mingles with superstition. Brilliant. * ANDREW TAYLOR * First rate crime with demons that go bump in the night. * Daily Mail * A thriller that calms spirits both quick and dead. Rich with shivers. * Guardian * Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth. * The Times *