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Phil Rickman

Phil Rickman is the author of the Merrily Watkins mysteries, the new John Dee series and several novels of the paranormal, including two for children under the name Thom Madley. He’s still trying to write the sometimes-transcendental thriller (an all-the-time transcendental thriller would be bloody unreadable, so it’s a balancing act). Born in Lancashire, he’s spent most of his adult life in Wales and the Border country, where he won a couple of awards for his work as a BBC radio and TV news reporter. First novel, Candlenight (1991) was discovered by the novelist and fiction-editor Alice Thomas Ellis and was followed by four other stand-alone ghost stories before the Merrily Watkins series began with The Wine of Angels. Phil lives near Hay-on-Wye with his wife and editor, Carol – they met as journalists on the same paper – and a bunch of animals. He writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales.

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Title:: A Crown of Lights
Series:: Merrily Watkins #3
Written by:: Phil Rickman
Read by:: Emma Powell
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 14
Duration:: 16 hours 49 minutes
Published:: February 01 2022
Available Date:: February 01 2022
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781867573791
Genres:: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Mystery
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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A Crown of Lights is the third instalment in the Merrily Watkins series from highly acclaimed author, Phil Rickman.

When a redundant church is bought by a young pagan couple, the local fundamentalist minister reacts with fury. In an isolated community on the Welsh border, a modern witch hunt begins. Diocesan Exorcist Merrily Watkins is expected to keep the lid on the cauldron ... but what she finds out will seriously test her beliefs. Also, there's the problem of the country solicitor who won't be parted from his dead wife. The mystery of five ancient churches all dedicated to St Michael, slayer of dragons. And a killer with an old tradition to guard ...

'Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth.'
The Times

'Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman.'
Guardian

'Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary, Rickman's crime series is one of the best around.'
The Spectator