Midwinter of the Spirit

from soliloquies

Second in the Merrily Watkins series. Through the machinations of a modern Bishop, Merrily finds herself with an additional job - that of Deliverance Consultant. One of her first encounters is with the seriously creepy Denzil Joy. From there she must attempt to find her place as a female exorcist...

from PollyMoore3

This was the first Phil Rickman I ever read, and I was immediately struck by his wit and originality. I still think it's the best of the Merrily books. Anyone who can create characters as real and diverse as forbidding old Canon Dobbs and trendy bishop Mick Hunter has to have a remarkable imagina...

from enzero

Second in the Merrily Watkins series, set in the Border country of Wales and England. This one is set largely in Hereford, with evocative descriptions of the cathedral, as well as on a farm near an ancient pagan holy site. This book introduces Merrily's work as deliverance minister (excorcist) as...

from Romonko

This second in the Reverend Merrily Watkins is a real page-turner. I knew what to expect this time. Rickman's books are a mixture of the supernatural and mystery. This book centres around excorcism in the Anglican church, but they call it Deliverance now. Merrily is requested by her Bishop to bec...

from RuthieD

I remember reading this book a long time ago. I also being a lone parent was intrigued. I relished it. And although his other books went on to disappoint there s part of the book which absolutely terrified me. And it still remains the only book to do so. Quite an honour....