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

<p><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><br><i>Warwickshire, 1934</i></b><br><br>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><br>''Superbly researched, spine-tingling, and magnificently atmospheric'' Abir Mukherjee, author of <i>The Shadows of Men</i><br><br>''A truly splendid, wicked gem of a book. I loved it'' Tom Mead, author of <i>Death and the Conjuror</i></b></p>