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''An exquisitely written work of Caledonian gothic'' Francine Toon, author of Pine

''A darkly sparkling jewel of a book'' Kirsty Logan, author of Now She is Witch

Edinburgh, 1923.

Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead.

As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn''s life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.

Faced with the prospect of losing all that is dear to her, Evelyn finds herself asking: is the man she loves a fraud, a madman or - most frighteningly - is he telling the truth?

A gothic literary mystery, written in sparkling prose, Hazardous Spirits evokes the sp

Hazardous Spirits

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      Publisher John Murray Press
      Published 10 October 2024
      ISBN-13 9781399806602
      978-1399806602
      ISBN-10 1399806602
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      Historical Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''An exquisitely written work of Caledonian gothic'' Francine Toon, author of Pine

      ''A darkly sparkling jewel of a book'' Kirsty Logan, author of Now She is Witch

      Edinburgh, 1923.

      Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead.

      As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn''s life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.

      Faced with the prospect of losing all that is dear to her, Evelyn finds herself asking: is the man she loves a fraud, a madman or - most frighteningly - is he telling the truth?

      A gothic literary mystery, written in sparkling prose, Hazardous Spirits evokes the sp

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