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      The Lamp of the Wicked

      by Phil Rickman
      Published
      May 2003
      Main Genre
      Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
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      576
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      A Reverend Merrily Watkins Mystery Book 5

      About This Book

      In Merrily's fifth outing, a serial killer appears to be on the loose—and Merrily has her doubts about the detective in charge of the case

      After half a century of decay, the village of Underhowle looked to be on the brink of a new prosperity. Now, instead, it seems destined for notoriety as the home of a psychotic serial killer. DI Francis Bliss, of Hereford CID, is convinced he knows where the bodies are buried. But Merrily Watkins, called in to conduct a controversial funeral, wonders if Bliss isn't blinkered by personal ambition. And are the Underhowle deaths really linked to perhaps the most sickening killings in British criminal history?

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      Book 5
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      Amateur Sleuth Thriller

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      Women Sleuths

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