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The lamp of the wicked

Author: Philip Rickman
Publisher: London : Pan, 2003.
Series: Merrily Watkins mystery
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
It appears that the unlovely village of Underhowle is home to a serial killer. But as the police hunt for the bodies of more young women, Rev. Merrily Watkins fears that the detective in charge has become blinkered by ambition. Meanwhile, Merrily has more personal problems, like the anonymous phone calls, the candles and incense left burning in her church, and the alleged angelic visitations.
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Genre/Form: Detective and mystery stories
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Named Person: Merrily Watkins, (Fictitious character); Merrily Watkins, (Fictitious character)
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Philip Rickman
ISBN: 033049032X 9780330490320
OCLC Number: 59290375
Notes: Originally published: London : Macmillan.
Description: 563 pages ; 18 cm.
Series Title: Merrily Watkins mystery
Responsibility: Phil Rickman.

Abstract:

The fifth and most devastating Merrily Watkins mystery takes Phil Rickman's endearingly fallible heroine from the wilder shores of millennial spirituality to the darkest hinterland of human depravity.

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