Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience ?_" classics which will endure for generations to come. Alison Hart, a medium by trade, tours the dormitory towns of London?_Ts orbital ring road with her flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, passing on messages from beloved dead ancestors. But behind her plump, smiling persona hides a desperate woman: she knows the terrors the next life holds but must conceal them from her wide-eyed clients. At the same time she is plagued by spirits from her own past, who infiltrate her body and home, becoming stronger and nastier the more she resists?_? Shortlisted for the Orange Prize, Hilary Mantel?_Ts supremely suspenseful novel is a masterpiece of dark humour and even darker secrets.
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