<p><b>**Winner of the eDunnit Award for Crime ebook of the Year**</b><br><b>Shortlisted for an <i>LA Times</i> Book Award, and a <i>Daily Mail </i>Book of the Year</b><br><br><b>¿Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.¿ <i>Observer</i></b><br><b>''A marvellous, magical novel'' </b><i><b>Irish Times</b></i><b><br>''Irresistible. . . A lavish, lush quest novel.¿ LAUREN BEUKES</b><br><br>Rare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the world¿s wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.<br><br>But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?<br><br><u>What readers are saying:<br></u><br>***** ''Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the wa