Bibliograph

The prayer of the night shepherd, Phil Rickman

Type

Label

The prayer of the night shepherd, Phil Rickman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The prayer of the night shepherd

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Phil Rickman

Series statement

The Merrily Watkins series, 6

Summary

The sixth Merrily Watkins mystery finds her daughter embarking on a first job, and running into a dark local legend A crumbling hotel on the border of England and Wales, a suggestion of inherited evil, a strange love affair, and the long-disputed origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Fascinating for young Jane Watkins, flushed by the freedom of her first weekend job. But the sinister side becomes increasingly apparent to her mother, Merrily, diocesan exorcist for Hereford. Then come memories of a child-killer, blood in the fresh snow

Target audience

adult

Classification