The Lamp of the Wicked - Phil Rickman

In Merrily's fifth outing, a serial killer appears to be on the looseand 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?

ISBN: 9780857890139

Pages: 612

Paperback

Corvus, 2011

Fair/good condition; some foxing; cover has some creases

B58