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THE FABRIC OF SIN
'Merrily is a most original sleuth and an interesting, sparky woman of emotional and spiritual depth, and Rickman is an excellent and knowledgeable writer, terrific on atmosphere.'
Marcel Berlins, The Times
'Another cracking thriller from Wales's leading crime writer.'
Western Mail
'An absolute treat... essential reading for anyone with a special interest in MR James's place in the supernatural pantheon.'
Ghosts & Scholars M R James Newsletter
'One creepy tale... characters so vivid you reckon you know them.
Rickman can write the socks off Dan Brown.'
Reviewing the Evidence. com
'It's Midsomer Murders on hallucinogens and it can only be a matter of time before it hits the small screen, so get in there first, folks.'
Irish Times
'A menacing tale... a genius at taking local legends, characters and historical sites to weave into tortuous stories that teeter on a tightrope of belief. No one can surpass him for dialogue so authentic it reads like a transcript of a tape-recording.'
Bernard Knight, Tangled Web
'We must have offended somebody or something at Garway... Next time we shall know better.'
Garway church was built by medieval Knights Templar, whose stone coffin lids can be seen in its altar steps and window sills. After seven centuries, the Welsh Border village is still shadowed by their mysteries.
A few fields away, the Master House, abandoned and falling into ruin, has been sold to the Duchy of Cornwall, the private estate which provides an income for the Prince of Wales. But renovation plans stall when a specialist builder refuses to work there, insisting this is a place which doesn't want to be restored.
Directed by the Bishop of Hereford to investigate, deliverance consultant Merrily Watkins is unconvinced, wary of being used, suspicious of the people she's supposed to be helping.
But violent death changes everything, and Merrily uncovers hidden layers of sin and retribution in a place where all the local inns have astronomical names and a feud between two local families has its roots in medieval history. And what did happen in Garway to intimidate even the great Edwardian ghost-story writer M R James?
Warned off when her inquiries stumble into forbidden areas, uncovering modern-day Masonic links, Merrily is forced to conceal a major crime as she goes back to Garway to find fibres of fear stitched into history and insidiously twisted in the corridors - and the cloisters - of power.
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