Friends of the Dusk

The discovery of centuries old human bones; a haunted 12th century house; a medieval legend spawning a modern cult... Merrily must piece together a most insidious mystery.

'No-one in the business deals with the spooky stuff better.' - Crime Review UK

'She dragged herself back up, holding her scraped hands inside the sleeves of her parka like paws. As she came to her knees, a sound like laughter was chopped up by the wind, and the woman was back . . .'

A legend of the undead, still seductive, still deadly. A storm unearths a medieval corpse in the old city of Hereford, and the past returns to menace diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins.



Phil Rickman was born in Lancashire and 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

Dr Dee, The Bones of Avalon, Midwinter Spirit (now a major ITV series), the Merrily Watkins Mysteries and the John Dee papers. Visit his website at: www.philrickman.co.uk



No-one writes better of the shadow-frontier between the supernatural and the real world.



Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth.



Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favourites. I love everything he's done.



[Rickman] is supremely skilful... a compelling contemporary narrative.



Tight with atmosphere, thick with latent violence...

Brilliantly eerie.



Compassionate, original and sharply contemporary, Rickman's crimeseries is

one of the best around.



Complex, absorbing, fascinating...



Few writers blend the

ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman.



The layers, the characters, the humour, the spookiness -

perfect.



First rate crime with demons that go bump in the night.



Classic mysteries... [which] cleverly illuminate the darkest corners of our imaginations.



Engrossing and beautifully dark... a cracking good read ensues.