diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index f509875..15996db 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ A thin ruby wrapper Neography::Rest which tries to mirror the Neo4j Rest API and
   Neography::Rest.create_node("age" => 31, "name" => "Max")    # Create a node with some properties
   Neography::Rest.get_node(id)                                 # Get a node and its properties
   Neography::Rest.delete_node(id)                              # Delete an unrelated node
+  Neography::Rest.delete_node!(id)                             # Delete a node and all its relationships
 
   Neography::Rest.reset_node_properties(id, {"age" => 31})     # Reset a node's properties
   Neography::Rest.set_node_properties(id, {"weight" => 200})   # Set a node's properties
@@ -45,11 +46,12 @@ A thin ruby wrapper Neography::Rest which tries to mirror the Neo4j Rest API and
   Neography::Rest.remove_node_properties(id, "weight")         # Remove one property of a node
   Neography::Rest.remove_node_properties(id, ["weight","age"]) # Remove multiple properties of a node
 
-  Neography::Rest.create_relationship("friends", node1, node2)                  # Create a relationship between node1 and node2
-  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(new_node1[:id])                        # Get all relationships
-  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(new_node1[:id], "incoming")            # Get only incoming relationships
-  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(new_node1[:id], "all", "enemies")      # Get all relationships of type enemies
-  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(new_node1[:id], "incoming", "enemies") # Get only incoming relationships of type enemies
+  Neography::Rest.create_relationship("friends", node1, node2)      # Create a relationship between node1 and node2
+  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(id)                        # Get all relationships
+  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(id, "incoming")            # Get only incoming relationships
+  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(id, "all", "enemies")      # Get all relationships of type enemies
+  Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(id, "incoming", "enemies") # Get only incoming relationships of type enemies
+  Neography::Rest.delete_relationship(id)                           # Delete a relationship
 
 
 ... and a work in progress more rubyish layer that's not quite ready for use yet.
diff --git a/lib/neography/rest.rb b/lib/neography/rest.rb
index e9262c8..19107ff 100644
--- a/lib/neography/rest.rb
+++ b/lib/neography/rest.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ class Rest
 
     class << self
 
-    def get_root
-      rescue_ij { get('/') }
-    end
+      def get_root
+        rescue_ij { get('/') }
+      end
 
       def create_node(*args)
         if args[0].respond_to?(:each_pair) && args[0] 
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ def create_relationship(type, from, to, props = nil)
          rescue_ij { post("/node/#{from}/relationships", options) }
       end
 
+      def delete_relationship(id)
+        rescue_ij { delete("/relationship/#{id}") }
+      end
+
       def get_node_relationships(id, dir=nil, types=nil)
         case dir
           when :incoming, "incoming"
@@ -79,10 +83,18 @@ def get_node_relationships(id, dir=nil, types=nil)
         end
 
         if types.nil?
-          rescue_ij { get("/node/#{id}/relationships/#{dir}") }
+          node_relationships = rescue_ij { get("/node/#{id}/relationships/#{dir}") } || Array.new
         else
-          rescue_ij { get("/node/#{id}/relationships/#{dir}/#{types.to_a.join('&')}") }
+          node_relationships = rescue_ij { get("/node/#{id}/relationships/#{dir}/#{types.to_a.join('&')}") } || Array.new
         end
+        return nil if node_relationships.empty?
+        node_relationships
+      end
+
+      def delete_node!(id)
+        relationships = get_node_relationships(id)
+        relationships.each { |r| delete_relationship(r["self"].split('/').last) } unless relationships.nil?
+        rescue_ij { delete("/node/#{id}") }
       end
 
      private
diff --git a/spec/integration/rest_spec.rb b/spec/integration/rest_spec.rb
index a6f5cae..64c5c68 100644
--- a/spec/integration/rest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/rest_spec.rb
@@ -266,6 +266,44 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "delete_relationship" do
+    it "can delete an existing relationship" do
+      new_node1 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node1[:id] = new_node1["self"].split('/').last
+      new_node2 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node2[:id] = new_node2["self"].split('/').last
+      new_relationship = Neography::Rest.create_relationship("friends", new_node1[:id], new_node2[:id], {"since" => '10-1-2010', "met" => "college"})
+      new_relationship[:id] = new_relationship["self"].split('/').last
+      Neography::Rest.delete_relationship(new_relationship[:id])
+      relationships = Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(new_node1[:id])
+      relationships.should be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if it tries to delete a relationship that does not exist" do
+      new_node1 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node1[:id] = new_node1["self"].split('/').last
+      new_node2 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node2[:id] = new_node2["self"].split('/').last
+      new_relationship = Neography::Rest.create_relationship("friends", new_node1[:id], new_node2[:id], {"since" => '10-1-2010', "met" => "college"})
+      new_relationship[:id] = new_relationship["self"].split('/').last
+      existing_relationship = Neography::Rest.delete_relationship(new_relationship[:id].to_i + 1000)
+      existing_relationship.should be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if it tries to delete a relationship that has already been deleted" do
+      new_node1 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node1[:id] = new_node1["self"].split('/').last
+      new_node2 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node2[:id] = new_node2["self"].split('/').last
+      new_relationship = Neography::Rest.create_relationship("friends", new_node1[:id], new_node2[:id], {"since" => '10-1-2010', "met" => "college"})
+      new_relationship[:id] = new_relationship["self"].split('/').last
+      existing_relationship = Neography::Rest.delete_relationship(new_relationship[:id])
+      existing_relationship.should be_nil
+      existing_relationship = Neography::Rest.delete_relationship(new_relationship[:id])
+      existing_relationship.should be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "get_node_relationships" do
     it "can get a node's relationship" do
       new_node1 = Neography::Rest.create_node
@@ -384,7 +422,12 @@
       relationships[1].should be_nil
     end
 
-
+    it "returns nil if there are no relationships" do
+      new_node1 = Neography::Rest.create_node
+      new_node1[:id] = new_node1["self"].split('/').last
+      relationships = Neography::Rest.get_node_relationships(new_node1[:id])
+      relationships.should be_nil
+    end
   end
 
 end
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