D.I. Marnie Rome

The DI Marnie Rome series is a series of novels by award-winning English author Sarah Hilary. Sarah published the first novel of the DI Marnie Rome series “Someone Else’s Skin” in 2014. The novel is one of the most popular novels in the series that went on to sell thousands of copies and garner much critical acclaim. After the runaway success of “Someone Else’s Skin”, Hilary has been publishing more novels in the series at the rate of about one a year. The series of novels follow the adventures of DI Marnie Rome a police detective who works alongside DS Noah Jake on a variety of murder mysteries. Going from strength to strength since the publication of the first novel, the strength of the series lies in the story. The narratives in the stories are full of twists, turns, and tricks that on many occasions are very scary. Coming from a background of writing quirky stories for newspapers and magazines, Sarah Hilary creates novels that are compelling, even as they are some of the most upsetting mystery thriller series you could ever read. The series of novels are character driven narratives that seek to explore contemporary social issues such as complicated familial relationships, racism, domestic violence, and homophobia. Most of the narratives are heart-breaking stories full of graphic images analyzing the psychology of fear, grief, and guilt that often leads to dark actions.