Kate Summerscale

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 Ungekürzte Lesung. 492 Min.

Sprecher: Morrissey, David

Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale, read by David Morrissey. FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER 'A wonderful book' HILARY MANTEL 'Gothic, dark and scandalous' SUNDAY TIMES SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION It 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' SPECTATOR

Autor

Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her first book, the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. Kate Summerscale has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize. She lives in north London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526626769
• Artikelnr.: 70157753

Rezensionen

Hidden realities of a different kind lie beneath the story of Kate Summerscale's The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, which delves into the 1930s case of the "Croydon Poltergeist", investigated by Nandor Fodor, chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research Guardian, Autumn highlights