Midwinter of the Spirit (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)

Overview: Phil Rickman, born in Lancashire, has won awards for his TV and radio journalism. After five acclaimed novels, he introduced the fascinating Merrily Watkins series with The Wine of Angels. He is married and lives on the Welsh Border. Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Part One Imprint -- 1. It -- 2. Fluctuation -- Part Two Virus -- 3. Storm trooper -- 4. Moon -- 5. The Last Exorcist -- 6. Sweat and Mothballs -- 7. Graveyard Angel -- 8. Beautiful Theory -- 9. Clerical Chic -- 10. Denzil -- 11. Scritch-scratch -- 12. Soiled -- 13. Show Barn -- 14. The First Exorcist -- 15. Male Thing -- 16. Real Stuff -- 17. Wise Women -- 18. Overhead Cables Cut -- 19. Costume Drama -- 20. Not Good -- 21. Chalk Circle -- 22. Edict -- 23. Strawberry Ice -- 24. Last Long Prayer -- 25. Sad Tosser -- 26. Family Heirloom -- 27. Protect Her This Night -- 28. Crone with a Toad -- 29. Fog -- Part Three Projection -- 30. Self-pity -- 31. Old Tiger -- 32. Fantasy World -- 33. Wrong Number, Dear -- 34. A Party -- 35. Sholto -- 36. Crow Maiden -- 37. Faeces and Gangrene -- 38. Nevermore -- 39. One Sad Person -- Part Four Squatter -- 40. Dark Hand -- 41. Take Me -- 42. The Invisible Church -- 43. Deep Penetration -- 44. A Candle for Tommy -- 45. All There Is -- 46. The Turning -- 47. Medieval Thing -- 48. Blood -- 49. Costume Drama -- 50. Abode of Darkness -- 51. Sacrilege -- 52. A Small Brilliance -- 53. Silly Woman -- 54. Friends in Dark Places -- 55. Location Classified THE SECOND INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES '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. Reverend Merrily Watkins finds herself replacing a retiring exorcist who is determined to make the transition as unpleasant as possible 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 mother, 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. 'Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman.' - Guardian 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. 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 Rev. Merrily Watkins, 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 "An early winter slices though the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated, and there are signs of a dark ritual on the hill overlooking the city. Meanwhile, reports of psychic unrest in the city's cathedral speak of an undying evil lying close to the heart of the Church of England. In this second electrifying tale, exorcist Rev. Merrily Watkins must tread in places where an intangible malevolence thrives uncurbed by the forces of law and order."--Book description.