Reverend Merrily Watkins finds herself replacing a retiring exorcist
who is determined to make the transition as unpleasant as possible
Diocesan Exorcist: a job viewed by the Church of England with such
extreme suspicion that they changed the name. It's Deliverance
Consultant now. Still, it seems, no job for a woman. But when the Bishop
offers it to Merrily Watkins, parish priest and single mother, she's in
no position to refuse.
It starts badly for Merrily and gets no easier. As an early winter
slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River
Wye, an ancient church is desecrated, and signs of evil appear in the
cathedral itself, where the tomb of a medieval saint lies in pieces.