The Haunting of Maddy Clare is Simone St. James' first novel; it's a ghost story set in 1920's England. It was a page turner and hard to put down, and it was suspenseful and scary, and there was a ghost, a mystery, and a romance, and I loved it, and no library in Lebanon County has An Inquiry Into Love And Death , St. James' follow up to her debut! So now I'll have to see if I get it from outside the county. Her third novel will drop in April 2014. The Haunting of Maddy Clare is a historical/period drama combined with a ghost story mystery (which basically means, it's right up my alley because ENGLISH PERIOD DRAMA and GHOST STORY) populated by characters each in their own way equally damaged and scarred by tragedy. 1922. Rural England. London city girl, Sarah Piper, comes to the English countryside in the employ of the young, handsome and charming Alistaire Gellis. Gellis, a veteran of World War I, has parlayed a lifelong fascination with...
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