"As usual, Rickman makes suspension of disbelief easy in his combining of natural and supernatural phenomena." --Publishers Weekly on All of a Winter's Night

"Rickman skillfully weaves together the assorted subplots. Credible characters--some down-to-earth, others lunatic--and absorbing archeological lore are a plus." --Publishers Weekly on To Dream of the Dead

"Readers who take the plunge will enjoy the excellent company of Merrily, Jane, their beaux and DI Bliss." --Kirkus Reviews on To Dream of the Dead

"Eocative phrasing helps create an atmosphere of dark menace, even without stock horror elements like vampires or werewolves. . . . Rickman employs details about an ancient religion to good effect in developing the sophisticated plot." --Publishers Weekly on The Secrets of Pain

"Rickman, a historian of the first order, neatly segues between church policies of today and seven centuries ago. Be prepared to read slowly, maybe even take notes." --Kirkus Reviews on The Fabric of Sin

"Readers will be left with an urge to wander the English countryside while whistling Elgar's tunes." --Kirkus Reviews on The Remains of an Altar

"Rickman, a thinking reader's Elizabeth George, continues his traversal of Welsh superstitions, Church of England conundrums, and true-crime touchstones with an added bonus for Sherlockians: an explanation of that Hound's genesis." --Kirkus Reviews starred review, The Prayer of the Night Shepherd

"Chilling." --Publishers Weekly on The Prayer of the Night Shepherd

"Merrily links criminal, psychological, moral, sociological, spiritual, and supernatural realms to dig deeper into evildoing just when most fictional sleuths would be calling it quits." --Kirkus Reviews on The Lamp of the Wicked

"A first-rate thriller with supernatural overtones." --Publishers Weekly on Wine of Angels

"No one writes better of the shadow-frontier between the supernatural and the real world." --Bernard Cornwell, praise for Merrily Watkins