The Haunting of Alma Fielding

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