Hazardous Spirits'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

When a failed entrepreneur is temporarily left in charge of his aunt's huge gothic home

a naive 17-year-old

it is one of a handful of novels by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered but judged

who must prove his worth as a great warrior for the glory of France

extreme technical skill

far from what remains of the coastline

leaving a bleak and impotent existence behind him

new telephone number

stinging revelations leave Iris with new questions

There she learns to harness her occult craft

secrets and pleasures' Joseph O'Connor

Eight times she must write that the cause of death is undetermined