FROM BRITAIN’S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER'A wonderful book' HILARY MANTEL'Gothic, dark and scandalous' SUNDAY TIMESSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTIONIt 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’ SPECTATORNote: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here