The Book of the Most Precious Substance

Gran, Sara

£16.99

After a tragedy almost too painful to bear, Lily Albrecht feels herself lost, adrift and resigned to her quiet life as a rare book dealer. Until she gets a lead on ‘The Book of the Most Precious Substance’, a 17th century manual rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written, if it really exists at all. With some of the wealthiest people in the world willing to pay Lily a fortune to find it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris. But will Lily’s quest help her find some answers, or will she lose everything searching for a ghost?

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Publish Date: 03/11/2022

Description

A book with all of life’s answers, if only you can find it…

DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR
MARIE CLAIRE BOOKS OF THE MONTH
‘Palpably seductive.’
New York Times
‘Extravagant, sexy and compelling. I loved it.’ LAUREN BEUKES
‘A marvellous, magical novel.’ Irish Times
‘Clever, sexy, insightful and exciting’ Guardian
‘A riot.’ Marie Claire

Rare book dealer Lily Albrecht has just been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, a 17th century manual rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written, if it really exists at all.

With some of the wealthiest people in the world willing to pay Lily a fortune to track it down, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris.

If she finds it, Lily stands to gain more than just money. This could erase the greatest tragedy of her life. But will Lily’s quest help her find some answers, or will she lose everything in search of a ghost?

What readers are saying:

***** ‘Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the way through. There is nothing like this on the shelves.’
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***** ‘My only complaint is that I wanted more!’

Additional information

Weight 445 g
Dimensions 216 × 135 × 24 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

319

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K