The Haunting of Maddy Claire

Zusatztext Praise for The Haunting of Maddy Clare Winner of two RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America and the Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada “St. James has written an atmospheric and resoundingly old-fashioned ghost story that pulls you in from the first pages.”—Historical Novels Review “A chilling start...fans of the modern Gothic novel will enjoy filling up a few creepy hours.”— Kirkus Reviews “With a fresh, unique voice, Simone St. James creates an atmosphere that is deliciously creepy and a heroine you won't soon forget. The Haunting of Maddy Clare promises spooky thrills and it delivers. Read it, enjoy it—but don't turn out the lights!”—Deanna Raybourn, author of the Julia Grey series and of The Dark Enquiry “Fast, fun, and gripping. Kept me up into the wee hours.”—C. S. Harris, author of the Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series More Praise for Simone St. James “Deliciously creepy. A chilling blend of mystery and ghost story that will thrill fans of both.”—Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door “Simone St. James knows that true terror, as she effectively illustrates in The Sun Down Motel , goes beyond things that go bump in the night....St. James deftly melds an engrossing mystery with a tense supernatural thriller....keeps the tension high with myriad surprising twists.”—Associated Press “This creepy supernatural thriller will send shivers down your spine.”—GoodHousekeeping.com   “[A] truly nightmarish trip back and forth in time and into the supernatural...guaranteed to keep readers rapt...What a story!”— Booklist (starred review)   “This novel is a creepy delight.”— The New York Post Informationen zum Autor Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Sun Down Motel , The Broken Girls , Lost Among the Living , and The Haunting of Maddy Clare . 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. Klappentext Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist a ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis-rich, handsome, scarred by World War I, and obsessed with ghosts- has been summoned to investigate the spirit of nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is haunting the barn where she committed suicide. Since Maddy hated men in life, it is Sarah's task to confront her in death. Soon Sarah is caught up in a deperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Can Sarah and Alistair's assistant, the rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, discover who Maddy was, whereshe came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance-before she destroys them all? Winner of two RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America and the Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada Zusammenfassung A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel . 1920s England . Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis—rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I—has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide. Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost—real or imagined—on her own. She’s even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair’s ass...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simone St James, Simone St. James
• Editore: Berkley Publishing Group
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.03.2012
• EAN: 9780451235688
• ISBN: 978-0-451-23568-8
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Penguin Publishing Group
• Categoria: Narrativa > Gialli