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    The Secrets of Pain

    By Phil Rickman

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    THE 11th INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCorvus
    Release dateSep 1, 2011
    ISBN9780857894748
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    Phil Rickman

    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.

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    • 3/5
      oh Jane, Jane, you never fail to disappoint.
      Sometimes I think I read this series just to see how much further Jane can plumb the depths of stupidity.
      One of the things I have always liked about this series is the connections between places and people - the very real tensions between the 'natives' and those from 'off'. Usually it all comes together very neatly- but not this time. It all seems a bit tennous and annoying in the sense that there are loads of unresolved issues- almost like the author just got fed up of the whole thing and decided to just end the story.

      Bliss continues to be an object of pity- not least because he says "gorra" instead of "got to", "gorrit" instead of "got it" etc. etc. His accent swings all over the place (much like the plot).
      I'm starting to seriously hope that Merrily leaves this whole sorry mess of deliverence priesting soon and takes up another career.