The Secrets of Pain (Merrily Watkins) - signed first edition

Rickman, Phil

ISBN 10: 1848872739 / ISBN 13: 9781848872738

Published by Corvus, 2011

About this Item

Signed by the author on the title page. First edition, first impression hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Crease to front flap of dustjacket, otherwise a tidy copy. [abeb].

Seller Inventory # ABE-1745400390007

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secrets of Pain (Merrily Watkins) - signed first edition
• Publisher: Corvus
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848872739
• ISBN 13: 9781848872738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Phil Rickman
  • Supernatural Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The elite warriors of the Hereford-based SAS know all about pain and the enduring of it. Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back the Regiment—this time as its chaplain, responsible for the spiritual welfare of the hardest men in or out of uniform. Faced with a case which would normally be passed discreetly to Hereford diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins, Spicer is forced, for security reasons, to try and handle it himself and is coming close to a breakdown. Meanwhile, the scattered communities along the Welsh border have their own crisis. With recession biting deep, urban crime has spilled into the countryside and old barbaric evils are revived. When a wealthy landowner is hacked to death in his own farmyard, the senior investigating officer, DI Frannie Bliss is caught in the backlash, his private life in danger of exposure. With the framework of her own world beginning to crack, Merrily Watkins is persuaded to venture into areas where neither a priest nor a woman is welcome to unearth secrets linked with the border's pagan past—secrets which she knows can never be disclosed.

About the Author

Phil Rickman lives on the Welsh border where he writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales. He is the hugely popular author of The Bones of Avalon and the Merrily Watkins Mysteries.