The Bones of Avalon (Hardcover) by Phil Rickman

from JulesGDSide

Bit slow at the beginning, it picked up speed in the second half. I liked the conclusion and that some plot twists came as a surprise. Some grammar errors, misspellings and other, similar, mistakes were annoying enough to interrupt my reading pace.

from hildeg

Fascinating historical murder mystery. Rickman does a very good job of describing Glastonbury (Avalon) in early Elizabethan times. "Writes the socks off Dan Brown", as I have said before - on many of the same subjects. Here are plenty of mythical and legendary stuff, The Holy Grail, Arthurian myt...

from KarenDuff

Really enjoyed this although it did flag a little in the middle before picking up again towards the end. I liked the twist towards the end although I do think it was made a little to obvious that Nel hadn't killed anybody, that she was a victim of intolerance.

from TheBentley

I can't overstate how much I love Phil Rickman, and this book was a special treat. I'm a rabid fan of Rickman's style and interests (not to mention his religious politics), not only through the Merrily Watkins series but through his older, more mainstream horror novels as well. I also happen to b...

from wulf

Sometimes authors fail to deliver when they write outside their established series (the Merrily Watkins novels in Rickman's case). However, Rickman does a brilliant job as he jumps back to Elizabethan times. As with the Watkins series, there is a strong hint of supernatural mystery without fallin...