The Secrets of Pain
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The Welsh border is full of legends, among them the elite warriors of the SAS. Ex-trooper Syd Spicer knows all about pain and how to endure it. So what could possibly terrify him... and why won't he talk about it to his friend Merrily Watkins, diocesan exorcist for Hereford?
As urban crime spills into the sticks and old barbaric evils are revived, Merrily goes where neither a priest nor a woman is welcome, to unearth secrets linked to the area's pagan past. Secrets that she knows can never be disclosed.
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13 primary books#11 in Merrily Watkins
Merrily Watkins is a 13-book series with 13 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Phil Rickman.
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Merrily Watkins books are rather formulaic but still good fun. There is a lot of testosterone in this one as it is centred on Herefordshire's golden boys and Britain's elite - the SAS. What happens to you when you retire from a crack troop like that? You get reckless and die it would seem, but maybe not everyone? And what happens when you live around these guys but aren't one of them? There isn't a great deal for an exorcist to do so Merrily helps the police while Jane, being Jane, gets into serious trouble again. Not my favourite but entertaining enough.
