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Candlenight is probably the spookiest book Phil Rickman has ever written. If you come to this one belatedly, after enjoying his Merrily Watkins mysteries, in which there are usually logical explanations for all manner of unearthly happenings, then you are in for a bit of a shock.
Phil Rickman(also known under the pen namesof Thom Madleyand Will Kingdom) is a Britishauthor of supernaturaland mystery novels. [1] Biography. [edit] Rickman was born in Lancashirein the north of England and worked as a journalist for BBC World Service TVand BBC Radio 4. He published his first book, Candlenight, in 1991, and began his Merrily ...
Candlenight is another entry in the 'town with a secret' genre, the town, in this case, being Y Groes, a small village in Wales. For a 'quiet horror' novel, Candlenight is quite briskly paced. But even in the first few pages, where a priest dies investigating a tomb in one of the local churches, Rickman shows that he's going to work the horror angle with atmosphere and suggestion, not gore.
Book Review: Candlenight by Phil Rickman. Candlenight is set in the fictional Welsh village of Y Groes. Surrounded by beautiful countryside and with picture-postcard views the village looks like a little slice of paradise, but there is a darker side to Y Groes and it has a closed community that offers little welcome to outsiders.
May 1, 2015 · Therefore I was happy to discover Phil Rickman's book was something very different from the norm, placing the story very firmly in rural Wales and using a more subtle writing technique than any of his predecessors. `Candlenight' is a potent mixture of Welsh folklore and the dangers of uprooting yourself from the everyday boredom of suburbia and relocating to an area where the locals burn ...
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`Candlenight' is a novel that relies on atmosphere and suspense to hook the reader and carry them forward to the dark places of the book where the shadows lie in wait with sharpened sickles. Miles Davies once said that it was the spaces between the notes that were important and Phil Rickman uses this philosophy to great effect.
- Phil Rickman
`Candlenight' is a novel that relies on atmosphere and suspense to hook the reader and carry them forward to the dark places of the book where the shadows lie in wait with sharpened sickles. Miles Davies once said that it was the spaces between the notes that were important and Phil Rickman uses this philosophy to great effect.
- Phil Rickman
