Ghosthunter Tom Robertson is haunted but happy

Indeed, you might say that Tom's entire life has been dedicated to the dead or, rather, to the shadows they have left behind them.

Now Tom has recorded in a book the experiences of that very

unusual life, Ghosthunter: Adventures in the Afterlife, which has been published this week.

The national publicity the book, written with young journalist

Murray Scougall, has attracted hasn't phased Tom, now living at Wyndales near Biggar.

After all, when you've been the target for murder attempts by

malevolent spirits, it takes an awful lot to upset you!

His book recounts some of the most memorable hauntings he has investigated all over the country since his first encounter at the

tender age of seven years old with the famous Lanarkshire spectre, the Black Lady of Larkhall.

Ghosthunter: Adventures in the Afterlife by Tom Robertson and Murray Scougall is published by Black and White Publishing, 29 Ocean Drive, Edinburgh, EH6 6JL and costs 9.99.

For an indepth interview with Tom, don't miss this week's Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is in the shops now.