To Dream of the Dead by Phil Rickman - ISBN: 9781847247926
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Flooded village, ancient stones, and an atheist hiding from danger.

To Dream of the Dead

Merrily Watkins Mysteries

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  • Paperback

    528 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2009

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Summary

NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA

December in vicar and exorcist Merrily Watkins’ village of Ledwardine, and the river is rising. The village has never been flooded in living memory. Within days it will be an island. There’s no electricity. The church is serving as a temporary mortuary for two people who drowned. Only one man feels safer. An aggressively-atheist author has been moved, for his own safety, Rushdie-style, into a secluded house just outside the village. Fundamentalist Christia…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781847247926
ISBN-10:184724792X
Author:Phil Rickman
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Quercus Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:528
Release Date:1 August 2009
Weight:334g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 31mm
Series:Merrily Watkins Series
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Nail-biting, yet thoughtful and complex. What T.S. Eliot did for Canterbury Cathedral, Rickman does for Hereford’ Jane Jakeman, Shotsmag.– Shotsmag.co.uk

Merrily is a most original sleuth and an interesting, sparky woman of emotional and spiritual depth. Rickman is an excellent writer, terrific on atmosphere - The best so far - The Times.

About The Author

Phil Rickman

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 author of nine other Merrily Watkins’ Mysteries, introducing the Reverend in The Wine of Angels, and charting her career as the diocesan exorcist with Midwinter of the Spirit, A Crown of Lights, The Cure of Souls, The Lamp of the Wicked, The Prayer of the Night Shepherd, The Smile of a Ghost, The Remains of an Altar and The Fabric of Sin.

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