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The Magus of Hay

av Phil Rickman

Serier: Merrily Watkins (12)

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A man's body is found below a waterfall. It looks like suicide or an accidental drowning – until DI Frannie Bliss enters the dead man's home. What he finds there has him consulting Merrily Watkins, the Diocese of Hereford's official advisor on the paranormal. It's nearly 40 years since the town of Hay-on-Wye was declared an independent state by its self-styled king. A development seen at the time as a joke. But the pastiche had a serious side. And behind it, unknown to most of the townsfolk, lay a darker design, a hidden history of murder and ritual magic, the relics of which are only now becoming visible. It's a situation that will take Merrily Watkins – on her own for the first time in years and facing public humiliation over a separate case – to the edge of madness.… (mer)
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A 4.5 star read for me, and I'm glad I saved it for holiday reading so I could devour it as quickly as I liked. Any concerns I might have had that the Merrily Watkins novels were starting to get a little same-ish were completely dispelled. There is much less of the domestic dramas of Ledwardine and the vicarage that characterised the last few novels, and the welcome return of some great supporting characters like Gwyn Arthur Jones and Athena White. As per usual, the supernatural elements (including the secondary ones) are skilfully and sensitively drawn. I was left at the end of the book with a real sense of Merrily at a crossroads, so I can't wait to see where the story arc goes from here! ( )
  SuzieD | Jan 3, 2023 |
One of the best of the later books. I love the way real life people are intermingled with Rickman's own created characters in Hay on Wye. Here we are reunited with Betty and Robin Thorogood, the benign pagans from "Crown of Lights". But even more character longevity is achieved by Gwyn Arthur Jones, the retired detective. He goes right back to Rickman's first novel, "Candlenight". There's lovely.
Just one quibble: (apart from Merrily smoking, and not getting enough food or sleep...still) the villains are quite minor characters in the main story, achieving importance only at the end. Much better when you get to know such characters early on and they are an integral part of the story, eg Rowenna or Mick Hunter in "Midwinter of the Spirit".
  PollyMoore3 | Jan 10, 2020 |
Despite the subject matter of these stories - religion, demons, evil, mysticism - which were not immediately obviously to my taste, they were always wedded into something a bit more tangible like Gomer and the daughter. Once the daughter had grown up and the love interest had pretty much resolved, this outing seemed a bit more pedestrian, which lead me to me giving up on it. I do hope the series recovers because I really enjoyed the earlier episodes. ( )
  hoddybook | Jul 17, 2017 |
My favourite ghost-buster is back…well, back in late 2013, but only now was I able to read it.

I read more than most people, typically from fifty to a hundred books a year, and it is unfortunate that there are enough absolutely first-class books around that I'm not going to have time to finish them all. I won't even get close. Shame on me. That’s why I sometimes feel guilty to spend some time with books that at first seem to be entirely frivolous. This impression is just that. An impression, a feeling. Fortunately the Merrily Watkins series is more than meets the eye. This makes me feel less guilty…


The rest of this review can be found on my blog. ( )
  antao | Dec 10, 2016 |
Might be I'm getting a trifle tired of this series, but this one seemed a little lackluster. I have a feeling the world of Merrily is due for a major overhaul: Rickman breaks with the characters he's been using as types and alternative viewpoints in the last several novels, but he doesn't seem to have quite settled on how he's going to move forward. The next one, I think, will either rejuvinate or close the series. ( )
  ehines | Oct 8, 2015 |
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A man's body is found below a waterfall. It looks like suicide or an accidental drowning – until DI Frannie Bliss enters the dead man's home. What he finds there has him consulting Merrily Watkins, the Diocese of Hereford's official advisor on the paranormal. It's nearly 40 years since the town of Hay-on-Wye was declared an independent state by its self-styled king. A development seen at the time as a joke. But the pastiche had a serious side. And behind it, unknown to most of the townsfolk, lay a darker design, a hidden history of murder and ritual magic, the relics of which are only now becoming visible. It's a situation that will take Merrily Watkins – on her own for the first time in years and facing public humiliation over a separate case – to the edge of madness.

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