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The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

Updated: Dec 27, 2019


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The Broken Girls by Simone St. James is a well-written, fast-paced, thrill-soaked ride told in (at least) two timelines.


The book opens with a young girl being followed by someone or something in the very dark on a deserted road. Who is she? Where is she? When is she?


In 1950, four troubled girls (Katie, CeCe, Roberta and Sonia) are staying at Idlewild Hall, a home for the worst troublemakers. Each has a secret that slowly unfolds as the pages are turned. Each secret is worse than the last.


In 2014, local journalist Fiona cannot let her sister’s murder go. She can’t sleep and she can’t leave the small town where the unthinkable happened. Her sister’s murder has stopped time for both herself and her father until Fiona hears rumors that Idlewild Hall, the site of the murder, is being renovated.


Woven into all of this (as though it was not enough!) is the threat of a visit in both timelines by Mary Hand, the resident woman in black and the ghostly creature who supposedly haunts the hallways, classrooms and grounds of Idlewild.


Between the two timelines, murders, disappearances and strange happenings abound. What a fun and utterly readable book!


Rating: 92/100


Buy this book when it comes out (today! 3/20) at Barnes & Noble | Amazon | IndieBound

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