A comically sinister tale of wicked spirits & suburban mediums from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of ' Wolf Hall' & ' Bring Up the Bodies'. Alison Hart a medium by trade tours the dormitory towns of London's 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 & home becoming stronger & nastier the more she resists... Shortlisted for the Orange Prize Hilary Mantel's supremely suspenseful novel is a masterpiece of dark humour & even darker secrets.