Beyond Black

A comically sinister tale of wicked spirits and suburban mediums from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light. 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 and home; becoming stronger and nastier the more she resists... Shortlisted for the Orange Prize; Hilary Mantel's supremely suspenseful novel is a masterpiece of dark humour and even darker secrets.