The Lamp of the Wicked

Is there a dead body under your sceptic tank?

The 5th book in the Merrily Watkins series and without doubt the darkest so far. There's a hell of lot going on here... Serial Killers, sightings of angels, alien abduction, folk music, electro-hypersensitivity, black magic, tractor envy, but it's the introduction of Fred & Rose west that cast the biggest shadow over the story. Lots of threads, lots and lots of threads and lots and lots of characters with everything neatly tied up with a Scooby Dooish ending.

I think these books are amazing and hugely satisfying, it's like being wrapped in your favourite mufflements with an endless supply of tea and posh biscuits. Slow paced yes, but sometimes that's a good thing.