Phil Rickman: Merrily's Border (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
A land where ancient mystery is never far below the surface: the Knights Templar and the Green Man; the secret lore of apples; the lair of the real Hound of the Baskervilles; a pentagram of churches; a serial killer's dark legacy; the unchronicled links between the composer Edward Elgar and Alfred Watkins, discoverer of ley-lines.

With its uniquely authentic blend of crime and the paranormal, Phil Rickman's addictive Merrily Watkins series about the diocesan exorcist for Hereford has virtually established a new fictional genre. But the fiction is never far from an often surprising and occasionally disturbing reality. All the novels are set in actual locations along the Welsh Border, with real history -- recent and ancient -- and indigenous folklore. Revealing the sources and the inspiration, this book takes readers, for the first time, to the heart of it all... and an area which itself has been one of Britain's best-kept secrets.

Phil Rickman: Merrily's Border. The Marches share their secrets with novelist Phil Rickman & photographer John Mason. Logaston Press, ISBN: 9781906663179 (August, 2009), 102 p., £12.95.

Phil Rickman: Merrily's Border (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
A land where ancient mystery is never far below the surface: the Knights Templar and the Green Man; the secret lore of apples; the lair of the real Hound of the Baskervilles; a pentagram of churches; a serial killer's dark legacy; the unchronicled links between the composer Edward Elgar and Alfred Watkins, discoverer of ley-lines.

With its uniquely authentic blend of crime and the paranormal, Phil Rickman's addictive Merrily Watkins series about the diocesan exorcist for Hereford has virtually established a new fictional genre. But the fiction is never far from an often surprising and occasionally disturbing reality. All the novels are set in actual locations along the Welsh Border, with real history -- recent and ancient -- and indigenous folklore. Revealing the sources and the inspiration, this book takes readers, for the first time, to the heart of it all... and an area which itself has been one of Britain's best-kept secrets.

Phil Rickman: Merrily's Border. The Marches share their secrets with novelist Phil Rickman & photographer John Mason. Logaston Press, ISBN: 9781906663162 (August, 2009), 102 p., £20.00.