Broken Girls - Reprint by Simone St. James (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>A journalist uncovers the dark secrets of an abandoned boarding school in this chilling suspense novel from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Sun Down Motel</i>.<br></b><br><i>Vermont, 1950.</i> There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the ones too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall, and local legend says the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their friendship blossoming--until one of them mysteriously disappears.... <p/><i>Vermont, 2014.</i> Twenty years ago, journalist Fiona Sheridan's elder sister's body was found in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And although her sister's boyfriend was tried and convicted of the murder, Fiona can't stop revisiting the events, unable to shake the feeling that something was never right about the case. <p/>When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during renovations links the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past--and a voice that won't be silenced.... <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> <b>Praise for <i>The Broken Girls</i></b> <p/>"[<i>The Broken Girls</i>] mixes a creepy supernatural tale with a gripping mystery. It also works well as a story about unshakeable friendship, parenting issues, obsession and sexism folded into a satisfying plot that straddles two eras of time."--Associated Press <p/> "An intense, genuinely creepy novel that links the ghostly, gothic strands of a 60-year-old murder with secrets about to be unearthed in the present day....With a ghostly setting and an addictive plot, St. James' story is as haunting as it gets--poignant, evocative and difficult to forget."--BookPage <p/> "<i>The Broken Girls</i> is equal parts captivating and disturbing."--HelloGiggles <p/> <i>"The Broken Girls </i>has everything you could want: mysterious murders, haunted boarding schools, and a mystery that spans 60+ years."--Bustle <p/>"St. James' riveting genre-blender combines a supernatural tale with intertwined mysteries from the 1950s and today...This horror-tinged mystery is frighteningly believable, peopled with feisty characters, and features top-notch dialogue. St. James...might have another prizewinner on her hands."--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review) <p/>"[A] creepy, supernatural mystery....[In] this page-turner, the secrets Fiona uncovers lead to a terrifying conclusion that has less to do with the paranormal and more to do with the evil that men do."--Shondaland.com <p/>"<i>The Broken Girls</i> is clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage in a very modern ghost story until the early hours."--Fiona Barton, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Widow</i> and <i>The Child</i> <p/>"A spellbinding tale of fervently held secrets, mysterious murders, and a boarding school for the unwanted. Told through deftly intertwined timelines, this gothic ghost story held me rapt until its dark, final twists. An addictive read not to be missed."--Kristina McMorris, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Edge of Lost</i> <p/> "Part hauntingly gothic and part suspenseful crime drama, <i>The Broken Girls</i> is a bona fide page-turner. This story of friendship, revenge and redemption will make readers of women's fiction rejoice, and the addition of romance and a particularly nasty ghost are intriguing elements that don't detract from the beautiful writing or the heart of the book."--Karen White, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Night the Lights Went Out</i> <p/> "Chilling, disturbing and gripping, this is a well-written, modern-day Gothic tale about facing our darkest fears."--Tessa Harris, author of <i>The Anatomist's Apprentice</i> <p/> "With the moldering ruin of a boarding school, a malicious ghost, and secrets that will not stay buried, <i>The Broken Girls</i> promises much and more than delivers. Each new twist is served with calculated, masterful precision....A vivid, riveting story you won't soon forget."--Deanna Raybourn, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of<i> A Treacherous Curse</i> <p/> "Haunting and memorable...a mesmerizing blend of past and present; a sometimes heartbreaking and always compelling quest for the truth about secrets that shouldn't stay buried. Masterfully done!"--Karen Dionne, author of <i>The Marsh King's Daughter</i><br> <i> </i><br> <b>More Praise for the Novels of Simone St. James</b><br> <i> </i><br> "Downright scary and atmospheric. I flew through the pages."--Lisa Gardner, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Right Behind You</i> <p/> "A haunting tale of love, passion, friendship, and revenge."--PopSugar <p/> "A creepy tale about the haunting power of the unseen."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> <b>Simone St. James</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling and award-winning author of <i>The Sun Down Motel</i>, <i>The Broken Girls</i>, <i>Lost Among the Living</i>, and <i>The Haunting of Maddy Clare</i>. She wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school, and spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.
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