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**Winner of the eDunnit Award for Crime ebook of the Year**
Shortlisted for an LA Times Book Award, and a Daily Mail Book of the Year

Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.' Observer
''A marvellous, magical novel'' Irish Times
''Irresistible. . . A lavish, lush quest novel.' LAUREN BEUKES

Rare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the world's wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.

But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?

What readers are saying:

***** ''Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the way

The Book of the Most Precious Substance

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    A Paperback / softback by Sara Gran

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 01/06/2023
      ISBN13: 9780571375622, 978-0571375622
      ISBN10: 0571375626
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      **Winner of the eDunnit Award for Crime ebook of the Year**
      Shortlisted for an LA Times Book Award, and a Daily Mail Book of the Year

      Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.' Observer
      ''A marvellous, magical novel'' Irish Times
      ''Irresistible. . . A lavish, lush quest novel.' LAUREN BEUKES

      Rare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the world's wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.

      But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?

      What readers are saying:

      ***** ''Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the way

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