{"product_id":"9781399806602-hazardous-spirits","title":"Hazardous Spirits","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland's National Book Awards 2024\u003cbr\u003eA gothic literary mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, \u003ci\u003eHazardous Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e whisks the reader away to a world of seances and spiritualism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Scotland's National Book Awards 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exquisitely written work of Caledonian gothic' Francine Toon, author of \u003ci\u003ePine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A darkly sparkling jewel of a book' Kirsty Logan, author of \u003ci\u003eNow She is Witch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdinburgh, 1923.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvelyn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaced 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gothic literary mystery, written in sparkling prose, \u003ci\u003eHazardous Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the spirit of 1920s Edinburgh, in all its bohemian vibrancy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With the literary lyricism and precise historical detail of a Sarah Waters novel . Salam injects a wry humour into this tale of secrets, lies, and the power of the ghosts of our pasts' \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of heart and strangeness' Nell Stevens, author of \u003ci\u003eBriefly, A Delicious Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A riveting exploration of the unknowable' Tara Isabella Burton, author of \u003ci\u003eSocial Creature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608353874017,"sku":"9781399806602","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_25286765.jpg?v=1719410791","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399806602-hazardous-spirits","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}