The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Books | Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural
3.7
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Simone St. James
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 associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach.Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy’s ghost is no hoax—she’s real, she’s angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance—before she destroys them all....
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Author
Simone St. James
Pages
336
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2012-03-06
ISBN
1101577231 9781101577233
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"A spooky ghost story with a satisfying ending! I only wish that there was more of a jaw dropping twist."
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"Overall I liked the plot--it had creepy hauntings, atmospheric moments, and well-developed main characters. However two things I didn't like were fairly big things--the romance and the ending. I don't understand why the romance was put in there at all. It wasn't developed well and I felt weakened the two characters. As for the ending, it just felt anticlimactic. The plot is 4 stars but those two elements bring it down to 3 for me."