Silence For The Dead

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"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.

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Praise for Silence for the Dead

Vivid, eerie and atmospheric. St James latest will simultaneously tug at your heart strings and send chills down your spine. Absolutely riveting.Anna Lee Huber, award-winning author of the Lady Darby Historical Mystery series

Kudos for Simone St. James. I was swept away by this atmospheric and truly spine-chilling page turner, a riveting tale of dark suspense set in 1919 within a crumbling mansion turned mental hospital. If you love a good ghost story, you will be entranced.Mary Sharratt, author of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen and Daughters of the Witching Hill

Praise for the novels of Simone St. James

Downright scary and atmospheric. I flew through the pages of this romantic and suspenseful period pieceNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

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

The perfect book to curl up with by the fire on a stormy night...although perhaps not by yourself in an empty house!Katherine Webb, author of The Unseen

Another chilling story.St. James delivers a quickly paced read that will satisfy both new and old fans.Publishers Weekly

A perfectly balanced combination of mystery, romance, ghost story and history.Romantic Booklovers, Top Pick

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

Author Bio

Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases, The Sun Down Motel, and The Broken Girls. She spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.