Waiting on Wednesday - A Box Full Of Darkness

 

'Waiting on Wednesday' is an event where I feature an upcoming book that I am extra excited about.  I love doing this, letting the 'word' spread about authors and series that I enjoy.   Hope you'll stop by often and see what I'm 'waiting' on.

Since this is October, I felt like I should feature a book I'm 'waiting on' that contains some 'spooky' or 'Gothic' aspects.  And you can always count on Simone St. James for those.  I have read several of her books and enjoyed them.  My favorite of those is still The Broken Girls.  I wrote about that one here.  However, I also enjoyed another book by this author that was set in Fell, New York.  It was The Sun Down Motel and I shared my thoughts about it here.  St. James' new book is also set in Fell and I think 'spooky' is a good description.  It won't be available until January, but I'll be looking forward to trying it.  What do you think?  Spooky enough?  Have you read any books by Simone St. James?  

A Box Full Of Darkness

by Simone St. James

Publication Date:  January 20th

Simone St. James, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel, returns with her scariest, most shocking novel yet in this pulse-pounding story about siblings who return to the house they fled 18 years before, called back by the ghost of their long-missing brother and his haunting request: Come home.

Strange things happen in Fell, New York. A mysterious drowning at the town’s roadside motel. The unexplained death of a young girl whose body is left by the railroad tracks. For the Esmie siblings—Violet, Vail, and Dodie—the final straw was the shocking disappearance of their little brother. It started as a normal game of hide-and-seek. The three closed their eyes and counted to ten while Ben went to hide. But this time, they never found their brother—he was gone and the ongoing search efforts turned up no clues.

As their parents grew increasingly distant, Violet, Vail, and Dodie were each haunted by visions and frightening events that made them leave town and never look back. Violet still sees dead people—spirits who remind her of Sister, the menacing presence that terrorized her for years.

And now after two decades running from their past, it’s time for a homecoming. Because Ben is back, and he’s ready to lead them to the answers they’ve longed for and long feared. If the ghosts of Fell don’t get to them first.

A Box Full of Darkness is another propulsive thriller from the author of The Broken Girls and The Book of Cold Cases, a surprising horror story from a writer who is “particularly gifted at doling out twists” (The New York Times).