Silence for the Dead
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  • Published: 1 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780451419484
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $37.99
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Silence for the Dead

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The third 1920s-set ghost story from the author of THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE and AN INQUIRY INTO LOVE AND DEATH.

“Portis House emerged from the fog as we approached, showing itself slowly as a long, low shadow....”

In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams. But something more is going on at Portis House—its plaster is crumbling, its plumbing makes eerie noises, and strange breaths of cold waft through the empty rooms. It’s known that the former occupants left abruptly, but where did they go? And why do the patients all seem to share the same nightmare, one so horrific that they dare not speak of it?

Kitty finds a dangerous ally in Jack Yates, an inmate who may be a war hero, a madman… or maybe both. But even as Kitty and Jack create a secret, intimate alliance to uncover the truth, disturbing revelations suggest the presence of powerful spectral forces. And when a medical catastrophe leaves them even more isolated, they must battle the menace on their own, caught in the heart of a mystery that could destroy them both.
  • Published: 1 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780451419484
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $37.99
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Also by Simone St. James

The Sun Down Motel
Murder Road
The Book of Cold Cases
The Other Side of Midnight
Lost Among the Living
An Inquiry into Love and Death
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
See all

Praise for Silence for the Dead

Praise for AN INQUIRY INTO LOVE AND DEATH (3/13):
"I thoroughly enjoyed it! I do like a good ghost story, and Simone clearly relishes and is steeped in the traditions of gothic fiction - in the best way. She conjures that secretive, hushed atmosphere perfectly, and the story kept me turning the pages from beginning to end. At once an intriguing mystery and an eerie ghost story, it had more than enough spine-tingling moments to keep me gripped. The perfect book to curl up by the fire on a stormy night with...although perhaps not by yourself in an empty house!"
--Katherine Webb, author of The Unseen

"Anyone who loves Daphne du Maurier and Victoria Holt will enjoy this book...highly recommended."
--Historical Novels Society


Praise for THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE (3/12):
"Downright scary and atmospheric. I flew through the pages of this romantic and suspenseful period piece, where a naive city girl must brave a terrifying apparition in order to find justice and redemption for all."
--New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner


"A compelling and beautifully written debut full of mystery, emotion and romance."
--Madeline Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of The Surrender of Miss Fair

"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

"This is a perfectly balanced combination of mystery, romance, ghost story and history. Told in the first person, it conveys the lasting psychological and practical consequences of war movingly."
--RT Book Reviews, Top Pick, 4 ½ stars


"The Haunting of Maddy Clare is a novel of chilling romantic suspense that evokes the lost era between the world wars that so wounded the lives of the young men and women of England, and adds to the mix an inventively dark, gothic ghost story. Read it with the lights on. Simply spellbinding."
--Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of The Winter Sea




"The Haunting of Maddy Clare is a compelling read. With a strong setting, vivid supporting characters and sympathetic protagonists, the book is a wonderful blend of romance, mystery, and pure creepiness. Simone St. James is a talent to watch."
--Anne Stuart, New York Times bestselling author of Shameless

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