Phil Rickman

Phil Rickman, is the author of the Merrily Watkins novels and ghostwriter to Dr John Dee! He was born in Lancashire and has spent most of his adult life in Wales and the Border country, where he won a couple of awards for his work as a BBC radio and TV news reporter. He writes and presents the Radio Wales book programme, Phil the Shelf.

Books by Phil Rickman

The Magus of Hay

The discovery of an old man’s body at the foot of a waterfall looks like it could have been an accident, but DI Frannie Bliss isn’t so sure, and when he sees the contents of the dead man’s home, he calls in diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins, for a second opinion.

Reviewed on 16 November 2013 by Linda Wilson