‘….there’s nothing predictable or stale about this series. 

No one in the business deals with the spooky stuff better. As ever, there are bags of atmospheric locations, plenty of tantalising snippets of folklore and archaeology and enough spine-tingling moments to keep everyone happy. Rickman doesn’t just tread a careful line between the supernatural and the natural world – he skips nimbly along it with his customary flair! A year seems a very long time to wait for the next book in the series.’

CRIME REVIEW UK 

‘Intelligent rationalists will enjoy the way Rickman engages with the supernatural.’THE TIMES December Crime Pick.

Rickman’s art involves combining an ostensibly standard police procedural with a sense of something going on around the investigation that is not entirely of this world… a gripping read which will more than satisfy existing Merrily Watkins fans, and will also win her many new devotees.

Crime fiction Lover