- Title:
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Friends of the Dusk
- Series:
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Merrily Watkins #14
- Written by:
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Phil Rickman
- Read by:
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Emma Powell
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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13
- Duration:
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14 hours 46 minutes
- Published:
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June 01 2023
- Available Date:
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June 01 2023
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038644558
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Horror; Mystery
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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The 14th instalment of the Merrily Watkins series sees Merrily piecing together an insidious mystery that involves centuries old human bones, a haunted 12th century house and a medieval legend spawning a modern cult.
When autumn storms blast Hereford, centuries-old human bones are found among the roots of a tree blown down on the city's Castle Green. But why have they been stolen? At the nearby Cathedral, another storm is building around a new, modernising bishop who believes that if the Church is to survive, it must phase out irrelevant archaic practices. Not good news for Merrily Watkins, consultant on the paranormal or, as it used to be known, diocesan exorcist. Especially as she's now presented with the job at its most medieval.
In the moody countryside on the edge of Wales, a rambling 12th-century house is thought to be haunted. Although its new owners don't believe in ghosts, they do believe in spiritual darkness and the need for exorcism. But their approach to Merrily is oblique and guarded. No one can be told – least of all, the new bishop. Merrily's discovery of the house's links with the medieval legend of a man who resisted mortality, threatens to expose the hidden history of a more modern cult and its trail of insidious abuse – a trail that may not be closed.
'No-one in the business deals with the spooky stuff better.'
Crime Review UK
'Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary, Rickman's crime series is one of the best around.' (on the Merrily Watkins series)
The Spectator
'Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman.' (on the Merrily Watkins series)
The Guardian
'Rickman's series is gaining a mass of fans with each book. This one will keep you entranced until the final page.'
Crimesquad.com
'Intelligent rationalists will enjoy the way Rickman engages with the supernatural.'
The Times