The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112929   Message #2395736
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
23-Jul-08 - 04:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: and yet people make fun of shaky eggs
Subject: RE: BS: and yet people make fun of shaky eggs
Bonekickers - the hidden underground of England! Every episode thus far had had them discovering a hitherto unexplored subterranea, most worryingly at Garway (Episode 1), where there is, indeed, a medieval dovecot with 666 chambers... And to think this drivel comes from the makers of Life on Mars, lumbering stereotypes and all! Of course I watch it religiously

For a more convincing treatment of Garway & Templars in a mystery setting, check out Phil Rickman's last novel The Fabric of Sin, the latest in his Merrily Watkins mysteries. Merrily is a parish priest, a widowed mother of a spirited teenage pagan daughter, the lover of an ageing folk singer, an unrepentant smoker, as well the diocesan exorcist of Hereford Cathedral. Often described as The Vicar of Dibley meets Cracker, they are as beautifully written as they are finely honed; essential reading for your average folkie with a yen for top quality detective fiction with a hint of the convingly supernatural I'd reckon! Read all about it at http://www.philrickman.co.uk/