Simone St. James from I Cannot Live Without Books

Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James 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… Read more about this item

The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James London, 1925. Glamorous medium Gloria Sutter made her fortune helping the bereaved contact loved ones killed during the Great War. Now she's been murdered at one of her own seances after leaving a final message requesting the help of her former friend and sole rival, Ellie Winter. Ellie doesn't contact the dead --… Read more about this item

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants -- the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall, and local legend says the boarding school is haunted. For roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming -- until one of them mysteriously… Read more about this item