Simone St. James

1960s: Three siblings are all haunted in three very different ways. Violet wakes to a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning and Vale wakes to beaming light and probing figures. But the one thing that haunts them the most is the dissapearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during a game of hide and seek. 1980s:Violet is notified that Ben's spirit is seen wondering their haunted childhood home calling for them to return and the three siblings do just that. But secrets become un-earthed, their past traumas seem more connected that they thought and all siblings are faced with a very angry spirit who wants revenge.

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them. When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all.

GET READY FOR THE SCARIEST READ OF 2024 - a gripping new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases‘Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching. Might be St. James’s best novel yet’ New York Times----Who is behind you on the Murder Road?Honeymooners April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn.They’re on a long dark road, late at night.Then they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble.They stop and pick her up.But only once she’s in the car do they see the blood.Which is when the headlights appear behind.At last, the woman whispers:‘I'm sorry, he’s coming . . .’----PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST. JAMES'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' Fiona Barton'Downright scary' Lisa Gardner'Dark and atmospheric' Harriet Tyce'A brilliant page-turner' Jenny QuintanaInstant Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

In 1977, Claire Lake was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect, but she was acquitted. In 2017, Shea Collins runs a true crime website, a passion fuelled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To Shea's surprise, Beth says yes. The allure of learning the truth about the case from the smart, charming Beth is too much to resist, but even as they grow closer, Shea senses something isn't right.

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 hung over the Esmie siblings. Each one is haunted, but all in different ways. Violet dreams each night of a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning and Vale sees beaming lights and probing figures. But there’s one thing that haunts them the most . . . The disappearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during an innocent game of hide and seek back when they were children. It’s been eighteen years since the siblings fled their childhood home, Fell House, the one that holds all the ghosts of the past. 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. She, Dodie and Vale all know Ben is back – and he’s ready to lead them to answers they both want and fear. But there’s a more sinister presence waiting for them at Fell House. Something that’s connected to their visions as children. Something that wants a violent revenge. -- 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

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).

Reshenie dvadtsatiletnej Karli ostavit kolledzh, perebratsja v zakholustnyj gorodok Fell na severe shtata Nju-Jork i ustroitsja nochnym administratorom v staryj motel vyzyvaet udivlenie u vsekh ee znakomykh i blizkikh. Lish odna Karli znaet ego istinnuju prichinu - ona dolzhna razgadat tajnu zagadochnogo ischeznovenija v etom motele tridtsat pjat let nazad dvadtsatiletnej Vivian - rodnoj sestry materi Karli. A v motele i sejchas chto-to neladno...

Pridorozhnij motel "Prismerk" poven tajemnits, pro jaki nikhto ne khoche govoriti. Odnak vin divnim chinom vabit i zatjaguje u svoji teneta dvokh divchat, jaki zhivut u rizni chasi. Pivnichna chastina shtatu Nju-Jork, 1982 rik. Viv Dilejni khoche perejikhati do Nju-Jorka. U poshukakh zarobitku vona vlashtovujetsja na nichnu zminu v motel "Prismerk" u mistechku Fell nepodalik vid Nju-Jorka. Ale tut kojitsja schos divne i strashne, scho robit perebuvannja v moteli osoblivo nebezpechnim. Pivnichna chastina shtatu Nju-Jork, 2017 rik. Karli Kirk chasto dumaje pro istoriju svojeji rodini - zokrema, pro tajemniche zniknennja jiji titki Viv, pro jake vsi movchat. Titka znikla u 80-kh, ische do narodzhennja Karli. I tse bulo pov'jazano z mistechkom Fell. Karli virishuje perejikhati do Fella j vidvidati mistse, de kolis pratsjuvala titka. Vijavljajetsja, sche z tikh dalekikh chasiv motel nache j ne zminivsja. Ti zh budivli, ti zh strakhi, ti zh motoroshni zagadki. Nezabarom Karli opinjajetsja v pasttsi tikh samikh tajemnits, jaki zgubili jiji titku.PerekladachDarija Kapelist

GET READY FOR THE SCARIEST READ OF 2024 - a gripping new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases‘Genuinely creepy. Sent shivers down my spine’ Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Here to Stay ‘A nerve-shredding start with a thrilling end’ Riely Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Only One Left ----- April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble. They stop and pick her up. It's only once she's in the car that they see the blood. And then they see the headlights, and at last, the woman speaks, her voice faint. "I'm sorry, he's coming."While April and Eddie are able to escape - this time - their terrifying adventure is only just beginning. The hitchhiker's injuries prove fatal, and the couple are trapped in the small town of Coldlake Falls, prime suspects in the eyes of local police. It turns out that this isn't the first victim to die on this stretch of road, and it isn't the first time that survivors have seen something that can't be explained. But to get out of town, April and Eddie are going to have to drive down that haunted stretch of road one more time... Ingeniously plotted and heartstoppingly terrifying, are you ready to uncover the secret of Murder Road? -----'Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core, this might be St. James’s best novel yet' New York Times Book Review PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST. JAMES 'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' - Fiona Barton 'Downright scary' Lisa Gardner 'Dark and atmospheric' Harriet Tyce 'A brilliant page-turner' Jenny Quintana

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them. When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all.

'Simone St. James knows how to haunt you. The Book of Cold Cases is St. James at the top of her game' JENNIFER McMAHON'No one writes a ghost story like Simone St. James' LAURA McHUGH--In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun.Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house, and never commented publicly on the case.40 years later, Shea Collins is a receptionist by day, and a true crime blogger by night. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To her surprise, Beth says yes.But when they meet in Beth's mansion, Shea immediately senses something isn't right. Things start happening she can't explain. And she could swear she keeps seeing a figure lurking outside the window . . .Is she working with a manipulative murderer, or is there an even darker secret lurking in Greer house?

Something hasn't been right at the Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why . . .1982Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel, in Fell. But Viv feels that something is wrong, something disturbing and haunting. And then she vanishes.2017Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv. She decides to move to Fell and take a job at the hotel - as a night clerk - to try to get to the bottom of the mystery.But Carly soon discovers that, before she vanished, Viv believed she was on the trail of something truly sinister.And if Carly can't work out the truth soon, then she's in line to be the next victim . . ._________'Deliciously creepy. A chilling blend of mystery and ghost story' RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door'Spooky, unsettling, and brilliantly written, it will hook you early, and never let go' JENNIFER HILLIER, author of Jar of Hearts