The Smile of a Ghost The seventh gripping novel in the bestselling series from the master of the supernatural thriller

Merrily is called to investigate a possible ghost sighting in her seventh fascinating adventure
In the affluent, historic town of Ludlow, a teenage boy dies in a fall from the castle ruins. Accident or suicide? No great mystery--so why does the boy's uncle, retired detective Andy Mumford, turn to diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins? More people will die before Merrily, her own future uncertain, uncovers a dangerous obsession with suicide, death, and the afterlife hidden within these shadowed medieval streets.

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, The Heresy of Dr Dee and the Merrily Watkins Mysteries.

Summary

The seventh instalment in the Merrily Watkins series: The Parish Priest must solve the mystery of a young boy's deathly fall from the Ludlow Castle ruins, and discovers a hidden obsession with the afterlife amongst the ancient streets...

Foreword

The seventh instalment in the Merrily Watkins series: The Parish Priest must solve the mystery of a young boy's deathly fall from the Ludlow Castle ruins, and discovers a hidden obsession with the afterlife amongst the ancient streets...

Product details

• Authors: Phil Rickman, Philip Rickman, Phil (Author) Rickman, Rickman Phil
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.04.2012
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense
• EAN: 9780857890153
• ISBN: 978-0-85789-015-3
• Pages: 528
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 19.9 x 3.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 365 g
• Series: Merrily Watkins Series; Merrily Watkins Mysteries > 7; Merrily Watkins Series; Merrily Watkins Mysteries > 7
• Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, Gothic, FICTION / Ghost, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, FICTION / Gothic, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Ian Rankin, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Occult fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Elly Griffiths, exorcism, Good and evil, Anglican, his bloody project, barbara erskine