The Book Of The Most Precious Substance

Sara Gran

Faber £16.99 Biblio-mysteries don’t come more compelling than this tale of a dealer in rare books on the hunt for the most powerful occult volume ever written. Lily Albrecht is a novelist whose husband’s earlyonset dementia has left her broken by loss and crippling bills. When she learns of a buyer prepared to pay seven figures for the titular tome, she embarks on a perilous quest. A brilliant mash-up of horror, supernatural erotica and real-world anxieties.