The Book of Cold Cases

THEY WON'T FORGIVE. THEY WON'T FORGET.<BR><BR>'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' - Fiona Barton, Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Widow and The Child<BR><BR>'A brilliant page-turner' Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl <BR><BR>1950 - At the crumbling Idlewild Hall school for unwanted girls, four room-mates begin to bond over dark secrets and whispered fears - until one of them mysteriously disappears . . .<BR><BR>2014 - Journalist Fiona Sheridan can't get over the murder of her sister twenty years ago, near the ruins of Idlewild. And when another body is found during renovations of the school, she begins to uncover horrors that were meant to remain hidden - and a voice that won't be silenced.<BR><BR>For fans of Lisa Jewell and S.K. Tremayne, The Broken Girls is a chilling story of murder, revenge, and secrets that refuse to stay buried . . .<BR><BR>'Dark and atmospheric . . . The Broken Girls shows the gothic claustrophobia of a small town haunted by more than its past' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange <BR><BR>'Downright scary and atmospheric' - Lisa Gardner, author of Right Behind You

Discover the chilling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Murder Road and The Sun Down Motel, a terrifying ghost story about the scariest place of all - home.'From the book's chillingly creepy setting... to a nerve-jangling plot... to the writing itself... everything about St. James' latest is done to perfection." Booklist --It all started with a game of hide and seek.The four Esmie children were playing together when the youngest brother, Ben, went off to hide, and was never seen again.That was long ago. It's been eighteen years since the siblings fled their childhood home, Fell House, the one that holds all the ghosts of the past. They've built separate lives, but all of them carry the psychological scars of that fateful day.But then Violet receives a call from the house's caretaker. He's too scared to keep working there. He says he saw the spirit of a young boy whispering two words . . .Come home.--PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST JAMES"As creepy and unsettling as a rain-faded wreath and teddy bear found by the side of the road to mark a missing person, [it] lingers like a ghost long after it's finished." Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House"From its terrifying opening to its jaw-dropping conclusion, this thriller has it all-small town secrets, ominous dark deeds after midnight. You will follow this shocking road to its climatic end!" Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Still See You Everywhere'Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core' New York Times Book Review'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' Fiona Barton

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases, the new pulse-pounding standalone story about the childhood traumas that haunt each of us . . ."As creepy and unsettling as a rain-faded wreath and teddy bear found by the side of the road to mark a missing person, [it] lingers like a ghost long after it's finished."-Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House--Something dark has always haunted the Esmie siblings.Violet dreams of a cold woman standing over her bed. Dodie wakes each morning convinced she's drowning. Vale has spent his life tormented by blinding lights and strange figures.But the greatest haunting of all is their little brother, Ben, who vanished during a game of hide-and-seek eighteen years ago.When the caretaker of their abandoned childhood home claims he's seen the spirit of a young boy whispering, Come home, the siblings know Ben is calling them back to Fell House.But Ben isn't the only thing waiting there.Something sinister has been watching them since they were children. Something connected to the visions that have plagued them all their lives.And it's been waiting for them to come home.--PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST JAMES' WORK:"Once again, St. James has offered a gripping tale of crime tinged with the supernatural that crosses generations." - Booklist"From its terrifying opening to its jaw-dropping conclusion, this thriller has it all-small town secrets, ominous dark deeds after midnight. You will follow this shocking road to its climatic end!" -Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Still See You Everywhere"An exhilarating, haunting ride from start to finish."-Isabel Cañas, USA Today bestselling author of Vampires of El Norte"Simone St. James is known for brilliantly mixing thriller elements with supernatural mayhem" -The New York Times Book Review