Praise for The Broken Girls "[
The Broken Girls] mixes
a creepy supernatural tale with a gripping mystery. It also works well as a story about unshakeable friendship, parenting issues, obsession and sexism folded into a satisfying plot that straddles two eras of time."--Associated Press
"
An intense, genuinely creepy novel that links the ghostly, gothic strands of a 60-year-old murder with secrets about to be unearthed in the present day....
With a ghostly setting and an addictive plot, St. James' story is as haunting as it gets--poignant, evocative and difficult to forget."--BookPage
"
The Broken Girls is
equal parts captivating and disturbing."--HelloGiggles
"The Broken Girls has everything you could want: mysterious murders, haunted boarding schools, and a mystery that spans 60+ years."--Bustle
"St. James'
riveting genre-blender combines a supernatural tale with intertwined mysteries from the 1950s and today...
This horror-tinged mystery is frighteningly believable, peopled with feisty characters, and features top-notch dialogue. St. James... might have another prizewinner on her hands."--
Booklist (starred review)
"[A] creepy, supernatural mystery....[In] this page-turner, the secrets Fiona uncovers lead to a terrifying conclusion that has less to do with the paranormal and more to do with the evil that men do."--Shondaland.com
"
The Broken Girls is
clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage in
a very modern ghost story until the early hours."--Fiona Barton,
New York Times bestselling author of
The Widow and
The Child "
A spellbinding tale of fervently held secrets, mysterious murders, and a boarding school for the unwanted. Told through deftly intertwined timelines, this gothic ghost story held me rapt until its dark, final twists.
An addictive read not to be missed."--Kristina McMorris,
New York Times bestselling author of
The Edge of Lost "Part hauntingly gothic and part suspenseful crime drama,
The Broken Girls is
a bona fide page-turner. This
story of friendship, revenge and redemption will make readers of women's fiction rejoice, and the addition of romance and a particularly nasty ghost are intriguing elements that don't detract from the beautiful writing or the heart of the book."--Karen White,
New York Times bestselling author of
The Night the Lights Went Out "
Chilling, disturbing and gripping, this is a well-written, modern-day Gothic tale about facing our darkest fears."--Tessa Harris, author of
The Anatomist's Apprentice "With the moldering ruin of a boarding school, a malicious ghost, and secrets that will not stay buried,
The Broken Girls promises much and more than delivers.
Each new twist is served with calculated, masterful precision....
A vivid, riveting story you won't soon forget."--Deanna Raybourn,
New York Times bestselling author of
A Treacherous Curse "
Haunting and memorable...
a mesmerizing blend of past and present; a sometimes heartbreaking and always compelling quest for the truth about secrets that shouldn't stay buried. Masterfully done!"--Karen Dionne, author of
The Marsh King's Daughter More Praise for the Novels of Simone St. James "Downright scary and atmospheric. I flew through the pages."--Lisa Gardner, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Right Behind You "A haunting tale of love, passion, friendship, and revenge."--PopSugar
"A creepy tale about the haunting power of the unseen."--
Publishers Weekly