Midwinter of the Spirit: 1

by PhilRickman (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $4.20

  When offered the post once styled 'diocesan exorcist', the Revd Merrily Watkins - parish priest and single parent - cannot easily refuse. But the retiring exorcist, strongly objecting to women priests, not only refuses to help Merrily but ensures that she's soon exposed to the job at its most terrifying. And things get no easier. As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated, and there are signs of dark ritual on a hill overlooking the city. Meanwhile, reports of psychic unrest in the Cathedral itself - where the famous shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe lies in fragments - reflect an undying evil lying close to the heart of the Church itself.

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $4.19

  The bishop is keen to see a woman at the spiritual cutting edge, so the Rev Merrily Watkins finds herself replacing a retiring exorcist who is opposed to women priests and not only refuses to be of help, but ensures she's exposed to the job at its most terrifying and distasteful. Paperback 0333751469 $25.00.