The Red Hollow

<p><b>''Superbly researched, spine tingling, and magnificently atmospheric, <i>The Red Hollow</i> is a masterful follow up to the brilliant <i>Needless Alley</i> and cements Marlow''s reputation as a rising star in the world of historical crime fiction'' Abir Mukherjee, author of </b><i><b>The Shadows of Men</b></i><br><br><b><i>Warwickshire, 1934</i></b><br><br>Deep in a hamlet in the Warwickshire countryside, Red Hollow Hall is a male-only sanitorium run by the charismatic psychiatrist Dr Moon. However, all is not well, and Dr Moon''s patients are leaving Red Hollow in droves.<br><br>Recent disturbances, which originally appeared to be pranks, have descended into something more sinister, and now the men believe they have a malevolent visitor - the mermaid of Red Hollow. The ghost of a murdered girl, they believe the mermaid wreaks bloody revenge on unsuspecting men each time the hamlet floods.<br><br>When Private Enquiry agent, William Garrett, and freshly minted detective, Phyll Hal