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The Cold Calling
Series · 3 books · 1996-2014

Books in series

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#1

The Cold Calling

1996

Life isn't easy for Detective Inspector Bobby Maiden. Death is even harder. When Maiden is revived in hospital after dying in a hit and run incident, his memories are not the familiar ones of bright lights and angelic music, only of a cold, harsh place he has no wish to revisit...ever. But his experience means that Bobby Maiden may be the only person who can reach The Green Man, a serial murderer the police don't even know exists...a predator who returns to stone circles, burial mounds and ancient churches in the belief that he is defending Britain's sacred heritage. Meanwhile, New Age journalist Grayle Underhill arrives from New York to search for her sister who's become obsessed with the arcane mysteries of the Stone Age. The bloody trail leads to a remote village on the Welsh Border...and to people who know there are more crimes in heaven and earth... Originally published under the pseudonym Will Kingdom, The Cold Calling has long been one of crime fiction’s best-kept secrets
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Mean Spirit

2001

Suddenly a victim of her own remarkable gifts, Seffi Callard, the world's best known spiritual medium, has been forced to back away from the glamour and the glow of public adulation, becoming a paranoid recluse at her father's home in the Cotswolds. Who is stalking Seffi Callard—and from which side of the grave? Mean Spirit sees the return of the cast of characters established in The Cold Calling : Bobby Maiden, police detective and survivor of a near-death experience; ‘Holy’ Grayle Underhill, New Age writer originally from New York, now working for Marcus Bacton, irascible editor of a journal of the paranormal; and Cindy Mars-Lewis, who... well, once you've read The Cold Calling, you already know all about Cindy.
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Night After Night

2014

A spooky supernatural thriller by the author of the Merrily Watkins series Liam Defford doesn't believe in ghosts. As the head of a production company, however, he does believe in high-impact TV. On the lookout for his next idea, he hires journalist Grayle Underhill to research the history of Knap Hall—a Tudor farmhouse turned luxury hotel, abandoned by its owners at the height of its success. The staff has been paid to keep quiet about what happened there, but the stories seep through. They're not conducive to a quick sale, but Defford isn't interested in keeping Knap Hall for more than a few months. Just long enough to make a reality TV show that will run nightly. A house isolated by its rural situation and its dark reputation; six people—known to the nation but strangers to one another—locked inside; but this time Big Brother is not in control.

Authors

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.

Will Kingdom
Author · 1 books
Will Kingdom is the pen-name of British suspense author Phil Rickman (creator of the acclaimed Merrily Watkins series).
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