The Red Hollow A haunted detective, a phantom killer...

<B>'Marlow has a poetic eye . . . But it's her mix of detective story and Gothic ghosts, ancient folk legends and lingering wartime trauma, that lift the book' <I>Financial Times</I>, Best new thrillers<BR><I><BR></I><I>Warwickshire, 1934</I></B><BR><I><BR></I>Deep in a hamlet in the Warwickshire countryside, Red Hollow Hall is a male-only sanatorium 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 are convinced 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 Hall, are called in to uncover the identity of the intruder, they become trapped in a world of madness, the occult, and grisly murder. A world where William must use all his strength to differentiate between the real-life monster haunting Red Hollow Hall and the monsters of the mind. <BR><BR><B><I>The Red Hollow</I> is the follow-up to Natalie Marlow's critically acclaimed debut, <I>Needless Alley</I>.<BR><BR>'As full of atmosphere as the author's critically acclaimed debut'<I> Prima</I><BR><I><BR></I>'Superbly researched, spine-tingling, and magnificently atmospheric' Abir Mukherjee, author of <I>The Shadows of Men</I><BR><I><BR></I>'A truly splendid, wicked gem of a book. I loved it' Tom Mead, author of <I>Death and the Conjuror</I></B>