The Diocesan Exorcist for Hereford must reveal the haunting presence of Susan Lulham…
First rate crime with demons that go bump in the night. – Daily Mail
The angular, modernist house was an unexpected bargain for Zoe and Jonathan Mahonie – newcomers to the city of Hereford and apparently unaware that the house's pristine, white interior walls had been coated with the lifeblood of a previous owner.
How is Merrily Watkins, Diocesan Exorcist for Hereford, to know if Zoe Mahonie is lying or deluded when she claims that the wrathful Susan Lulham is still in residence?
Then comes another bloody death.
Who is the real killer?
A MERRILY WATKINS SERIES NOVELLA
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.