Read it, enjoy it-but don't turn out the lights!”-Deanna Raybourn, author of the Julia Grey series and of The Dark Enquiry The Haunting of Maddy Clare promises spooky thrills and it delivers. James creates an atmosphere that is deliciously creepy and a heroine you won't soon forget. “A chilling start.fans of the modern Gothic novel will enjoy filling up a few creepy hours.”- Kirkus Reviews James has written an atmospheric and resoundingly old-fashioned ghost story that pulls you in from the first pages.”-Historical Novels Review Winner of two RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America and the Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance-before she destroys them all. For Maddy’s ghost is no hoax-she’s real, she’s angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle.

She’s even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair’s associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost-real or imagined-on her own. Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. Alistair Gellis-rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I-has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide. A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel.ġ920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter.

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