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Midwinter of the Spirit (Merrily Watkins Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Phil Rickman
Publisher: Pan Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 11099
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 033037401X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780330374019
ASIN: 033037401X
Publication Date: March 10, 2000
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Condition: Brand New Unopened light shelf wear
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 An interesting combination of religion and new age spirituality March 2, 2008
Merlina Rose (Middle England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was the first Phil Rickman novel I had read and most certainly won't be the last. I could barely put it down. It skillfully brings together aspects of religion and new age spirituality whilst also being a first class good old fashioned mystery of the Agatha Christie style.
Creepy January 3, 2008
love reading (Scotland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is great. I love the characters as they are so real, like Merrily and Jane (although the bishop was a bit one-dimensional). The story was gripping although I had to concentrate as there were many facets to it. I also loved the way the Church is utilised, as I think it would be too scary without this comfort. In modern writing, Christianity is seen as narrow minded and paganism and New Age as open. I like that Rickman doesn't bother about this political correctness and, although he exposes faults within the church, he is not using his writing as a means to belittle Christianity. A really enjoyable and thrilling read.
A Killer Thriller Chiller September 24, 2007
A. Watson (Glasgow)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first heard there was to be a sequel to `The Wine of Angels' I was intrigued as to what kind of spin Phil Rickman was planning for prolonging the literary life of Merrily Watkins. Let's face it, when you're writing mystery thrillers with a supernatural edge and the main character is a novice female Vicar, your options are always going to be decidedly limited. So how does Rickman solve the problem? He hands Merrily the role of Diocesan Exorcist - and what looks like a narrow playing field suddenly expands to Grand Canyon proportions.
`Mid Winter of the Spirit' starts with Merrily receiving training for her new post in the Deliverance Office. Insidiously creepy stuff. It changes the reader's context of what is fictional and what is not - blurring the lines between real evil and the artificial villainy fabricated for the sole purpose of selling novels. Scary or not, just think how much fun it would be if they replaced `Hells Kitchen' with `Exorcist School'. We could vote off inept Priests who bungle their exorcisms and end up with pea soup on their vestments.
Once Merrily is declared fit for action she finds herself to be a political pawn in a game of ecumenical chess run by the power hungry Bishop of Hereford and she receives no help from the outward bound Exorcist-in-charge, Canon Dobbs who refuses point blank to even speak to Merrily never mind show her the tricks of the trade. He even goes so far as to ensure that Merrily is exposed to raw, festering evil in the shape of Denzil Joy. It gets worse for Merrily when daughter Jane once again chooses the wrong people to hang out with and is sucked into a Pagan worship group, generating a domestic conflict that almost destroys Merrily's already fragile relationship with her daughter. Aside from this there's the small matter of a malevolent spirit in the Cathedral and Merrily finding herself targeted in the cross hairs of a Satanic group who view her as a vulnerable link in the Church's last line of defence.
A highly original mixture of the `crime-mystery thriller' and `hair-raising chiller' genres and places Phil Rickman way ahead of writers on either side of these borders. A great book.
 Thriller without blood, guts and gory stuff! February 27, 2004
Mrs. A. E. Williams
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Wine Of Angels was good but this book is better I love 'watching' Jane grow up and Merrily's character becoming stonger and more knowledgeable in the phychic world, yet we have the comfort of her being a priest! Its great.
Fantastic April 7, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I polished this book if in about 10 days. Sometimes sequels fall flat and leave you disappointed but not this one. I particularly appreciated the added darkness of this story. Pick up a Phil Rickman book and you'll be a fan for life.
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