The Hollow Tree, Philip Miller
The Hollow Tree, Philip Miller
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The Hollow Tree

Author: Philip Miller

Narrator: Robin Laing

Unabridged: 13 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/11/2024


Synopsis

Investigative journalist Shona Sandison is attending the wedding of her closest friend and former colleague, Vivienne. But the night before the wedding, Viv’s reclusive school friend, Dan, jumps from a roof to his death. Shona is the only witness to the suicide—and so the only person who saw the occult tattoos covering Dan’s body, and heard the unsettling, mystical phrases he was uttering.

Compelled to look further into the tragic incident, Shona sets off on a quest to find out why Dan killed himself and what happened to Viv’s missing brother twenty years prior. Despite knowing that investigating Viv’s family will mean she could lose her friend forever, Shona travels to a small, forgotten town in the north of England to investigate an insular group of classmates who have held a dark secret for decades.

Haunting and hypnotic, The Hollow Tree is a return to Philip Miller’s dark world of subterfuge, betrayal, and fragile justice.

Reviews

Ripped through my ARC of Philip Miller’s The Hollow Tree. I enjoy a touch of the occult in my crime thrillers. This one's lushly detailed, politically savvy, deliciously eerie and just all-around smart. I haven’t gotten so sunk in a crime novel for quite a while. Didn’t know I was supposed to read T......more

Goodreads review by Shelly

Thank you so much Birlinn Books for this proof copy. Loved this crime/mystery. Journalist Shona is witness to a shocking death at her friends wedding. After discovering elements of the occcult, Shona's curious mind has to uncover the truth. She sets out on a dangerous mission which may just turn out......more

Goodreads review by Laura

I'm not sure I knew this was Book Two in a series when I got this. Luckily it mostly doesn't matter. Our Heroine, Shona, has gone freelance and is living with her father when a man commits suicide just before her BFF's wedding. Of course the wedding is called off and Shona is asked to investigate (th......more

Goodreads review by Mary

Though I have read Philip Miller’s The Goldenacre, it is not necessary to have done so in order to fully enjoy The Hollow Tree. Philip Miller’s writing is a joy to read and his characters buzz with life; none more so than Shona Sandison herself. Shona is a freelance journalist. She has served her ti......more