an absorbing mystery, full of conflict and dissolution that even debates the existence of the soul... Philip Miller is an excellent writer

The Hollow Tree is both political noir and occult thriller, gripping yet haunting, and surely one of the best crime novels of the year

this is writing of the highest quality

The Hollow Tree is not short of lurid incident, but the novel’s noise is embedded within a powerful sense of place and time and a real understanding of human psychology. It may be Miller’s best novel yet

The Hollow Tree deftly weaves into a tortuous string of mysteries, dark supernatural threads... a wholly unnerving tale

Miller is a superb writer. One of the pleasures of his latest novel is its evocation of authentic colloquial speech across both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border

this time around it's darker and more dangerous with a large slice of devilry... it's a great crossover of genres in that it's both crime and horror... a thrilling read

A compelling and rewarding crime novel where the focus sits with a journalist as she investigates links between the occult and a death by suicide

As far as crime goes, this story is up there with some of the best I've read. It was dark, gritty and the occult elements weaved a chilling thread throughout

This second novel is to be highly rated for mood, atmosphere, ingenuity and narrative

A dark and beautifully written story with sharply honed characters, threaded through with regret, death and long buried secrets.

An ingenious piece of literary work

This was a great, dark and atmospheric crime novel that kept me intrigued throughout

I really enjoyed this book, like the character of Shona and the sense of melancholy that underpinned the story

Miller is a melancholy master of atmosphere as well as a poet who knows how to cast a spell