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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 and the Merrily Watkins series.
Engrossing and beautifully dark, combining personality disordered TV performers (like myself) and morally vacant journalists along with a collection of spiritual and spirited oddballs all residing in a Big Brother type situation and the inevitable clashes that result. Chuck in a house which may or may not be haunted but certainly has the bleakest of atmospheres and a cracking good read ensues. -- Jo Brand Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary, Rickman's crime series is one of the best around Spectator on the Merrily Watkins series Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth The Times on the Merrily Watkins series Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman Guardian on the Merrily Watkins series First-rate crime with demons that go bump in the night Daily Mail on the Merrily Watkins series
