The following is an extract from Natalie Marlow’s novel The Red Hollow, published by Baskerville in March 2024. Chapter One Thursday, 1 February 1934 William stood near the office window, tea tray in hand, and stared out onto Needless Alley. It was not quite eight o’clock, and Birmingham was bathed in a mucky morning […]
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The Art of Deception
An extract from Louise Mangos’s new novel, The Art of Deception, published by HQ Stories on 6 June 2019 PROLOGUE The vice of his fingers tightened on my wrist, and tendons crunched as they slid over each other inside my forearm. As he twisted harder, I turned my body in the direction of […]