Noir historical fiction set in Warwickshire

Submitted: 18th March 2024

Red Hollow set in Warwickshire – Natalie Marlow

Natalie Marlow is BACK! I love that the author’s last name sounds like one of her gangster type characters in her Noir series. This is all a bit Peaky Blinders and I love it!

This time we go inside an asylum…..where there’s been a murder….oh oh….

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Noir historical fiction set in Warwickshire

BOARDING PASS INFORMATION

Destination : Warwickshire

Author guide: Natalie Marlow

Genre: historical fiction, Noir

Food and drink to accompany: something off a food cart

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A novel to transport you to Warwickshire

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I absolutely loved Natalie’s first book in the series –Needless Alley – and think it’s best if you read this first as it’s the best introduction and reminder of past events for what happens in this book. What a wonderful second book in the series! Immersive, gripping and with a sense of foreboding at the heart of an asylum.

We’re in Warwickshire – close to Birmingham and there’s an asylum for men only in the remote countryside. Some one is scaring the patients and playing stupid pranks within the secure walls. So, PIs Billy and Phyll are sent to investigate. It’s even more interesting as Phyll’s brother is a patient there so there’s mixed emotions on all sides.

By the time they enter the asylum, someone has been murdered and the stakes have been raised significantly. How do they solve a murder when you’re dealing with people who can’t always communicate or speak, and when they do, can you trust them?

This is a menacingly good read. It’s all a bit Peaky Blinders in book form and I am THERE for that. I imagine if you wear a cap when reading this and a nicely turned out suit, you’d get even more from your reading.

Marlow – (author gangster name) – you did good. Respect.