Anbara Salam Livres

Set in the summer of 1956, the story follows fifteen-year-old Bridget as she becomes captivated by her enigmatic friend Isabella. Their journey to study in Italy offers an escape and a chance to deepen their fragile bond, but Bridget's fear of losing Isabella leads her to desperate measures. Against the backdrop of a convent and the beauty of rural Northern Italy, the narrative explores themes of friendship, obsession, desire, and the lengths one will go to belong. Anbara Salam crafts a mesmerizing coming-of-age tale filled with emotional depth.

When Bea Hanlon follows her preacher husband Max to a remote island in the Pacific, she soon sees that their mission will bring anything but salvation ... Advent Island is a place beyond the reaches of Bea's most fitful imaginings. It's not just the rats and the hordes of mosquitos and the weevils in the powdered milk. Past the confines of their stuffy little house, amidst the damp and the dust and the sweltering heat, rumours are spreading of devil chasers who roam the island on the hunt for evil spirits. And then there are the noises from the church at night. Yet, to the amusement of the locals and the bafflement of her husband, Bea gradually adapts to life on the island. But with the dreadful events heralded by the arrival of an unexpected, wildly irritating and always-humming house guest, Advent Island becomes a hostile place once again. And before long, trapped in the jungle and in the growing fever of her husband's insanity, Bea finds herself fighting for her freedom, and for her life--Back cover.

A gothic literary mystery set in 1920s Edinburgh, Hazardous Spirits whisks the reader away to a world of seances and spiritualism.