In Hollow Man By David Mar, A Victorian Sleuth Is Hunting For A Severed Head

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best book magazine in the UK“, in Hollow Man by David Mar, Mac Closkey, renowned for solving the Jack the Ripper case, is now involved in a grizzly search for the severed head of the ex-police commissioner’s wife.

Hollow Man

Hollow Man by David Mar combines fiction, true crime and supernatural phenomena, and stands head and shoulders above many works in the same genre, due to Mar’s desire to explore psychosocial issues and conspiracy theories of the times.

It seems the afterlife will not relinquish its grip on Mac Closkey, even after taking from him his marriage and human love. His unusual ministry calls him to investigate Victorian bodies discovered on the local mountain. Once hazed by the world of spirits, Mac Closkey has solved the legendary Jack the Ripper case.

Soon his local chapter requires his help to look for the head of the ex-commissioner’s wife whose disappearance is not as straightforward a murder as it first seems. Its repercussions will ripple through the highest realms of British society.

With readers revelling in the endeavours and foibles of this unlikeliest of crime solving heroes, Hollow Man not only deserves to top the literary best seller lists, but offers up a narrative that is begging for big screen adaptation.

David Mar

Working as journalist made me a staunch truth-seeker and a keen disambiguator. Just like my character, Mac Closkey, I will spend my darkest hours getting to bottom of conspiracies to explore a new concept: legal criminality. If you want to know about the concept, read Hollow Man.

When I was a child, I wanted to be a vet or a pole-jumper. After breaking many branches, trying to jump over impossible fences, I turned to observing my community with a view to never forget anything. I was equally interested in language, science, spirituality and nature.

I found myself homeless and an orphan at 14 and lived on the streets until I was adopted by family members who supported me during my studies.

I became a reporter as I loved being an observer at the heart of the action, but reporting didn’t always allow my humorous side to express itself. So I began writing for fun. Short stories at first, then poetry and novels.

After a personal tragedy, I moved to the UK from France and began writing about my journey. I love herbalism and spiritual psychology, both as a qualified practitioner. My favourite genres are fantasy, magic realism, horror and crime.

Writing has enabled me to deal with trauma, and this journey is always reflected in my writing. The afterlife, the supernatural and the ordinary in the extraordinary are my favourite themes.

-David Mar

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