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FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER

'A wonderful book' HILARY MANTEL

'Gothic, dark and scandalous' SUNDAY TIMES

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

It is 1938. As the shadow of fascism darkens over Europe, strange things are happening in Alma Fielding's suburban home in Croydon. Crockery flies off the shelves; stolen rings appear on Alma's fingers; and white mice scuttle out of her handbag.

Nandor Fodor - chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research - arrives on the scene, determined to crack the case. As Fodor's obsession deepens, and Alma becomes ever more disturbed, the pair find themselves in a treacherous battle of wills . . .

'Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or metaphorical, for days if you read this' THE TIMES

'Nobody is better at unpicking stories of ghosts and murder than Kate Summerscale . Will stay with you for weeks' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS

'A detective novel, a ghost yarn and a historical record rolled into one . . . Electrifying' i-PAPER

'It would be impossible to read this dry-eyed' SPECTATOR

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FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER

'A wonderful book' HILARY MANTEL

'Gothic, dark and scandalous' SUNDAY TIMES

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

It is 1938. As the shadow of fascism darkens over Europe, strange things are happening in Alma Fielding's suburban home in Croydon. Crockery flies off the shelves; stolen rings appear on Alma's fingers; and white mice scuttle out of her handbag.

Nandor Fodor - chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research - arrives on the scene, determined to crack the case. As Fodor's obsession deepens, and Alma becomes ever more disturbed, the pair find themselves in a treacherous battle of wills . . .

'Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or metaphorical, for days if you read this' THE TIMES

'Nobody is better at unpicking stories of ghosts and murder than Kate Summerscale . Will stay with you for weeks' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS

'A detective novel, a ghost yarn and a historical record rolled into one . . . Electrifying' i-PAPER

'It would be impossible to read this dry-eyed' SPECTATOR

Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here

Über den Autor
Kate Summerscale
Zusammenfassung
Credited with 'loosening the biographical stays' (Guardian)on contemporary non-fiction, Summerscale's books have sold 800,000 copies in the UK alone, and been published in nineteen countries. The Samuel Johnson Prize judges have declared her work 'those great non-fiction books that use the techniques of fiction to magnificent effect'
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: XVI
352 S.
ISBN-13: 9781408895474
ISBN-10: 1408895471
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Summerscale, Kate
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 199 x 132 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Kate Summerscale
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
Artikel-ID: 119590699

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