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Merrily Watkins Collection 3
Prayer of the Night Shepherd and Smile of a Ghost
2013
First Published
4.51
Average Rating

The Prayer of the Night Shepherd A crumbling hotel on the border of England and Wales. A suggestion of inherited evil, a strange love affair...and the long-disputed origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Young Jane Watkins is fascinated, but her mother, Merrily, diocesan exorcist, can soon see the sinister side. Especially when blood appears in the fresh snow... The Smile of a Ghost In the affluent, historic town of Ludlow, a teenage boy dies in a fall from the castle ruins. Accident or suicide? And why does the boy's uncle turn to exoricist Merrily Watkins? Merrily must work fast as the death toll rises, but there is a dangerous obsession lurking in these shadowed medieval streets.

Avg Rating
4.51
Number of Ratings
82
5 STARS
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Author

Phil Rickman
Phil Rickman
Author · 30 books

aka Will Kingdom, Thom Madley. Phil Rickman, born in Lancashire, has won awards for his TV and radio journalism. After five acclaimed novels, he introduced the fascinating Merrily Watkins series with The Wine of Angels. He is married and lives on the Welsh Border.

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