A Box Full of Darkness

ΓÇ£From the bookΓÇÖs chillingly creepy setting,which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020)to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows from a mix of genres to the writing itselfwhich shimmers with a dazzlingly sharp sense of witeverything about St. JamesΓÇÖ latest is done to perfection.ΓÇ¥-Booklist (starred review) Simone St. Jamesthe New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motelreturns with her scariestmost shocking novel yet in this pulse-pounding story about siblings who return to the house they fled 18 years beforecalled back by the ghost of their long-missing brother and his haunting request: Come home. Strange things happen in FellNew York. A mysterious drowning at the townΓÇÖs roadside motel. The unexplained death of a young girl whose body is left by the railroad tracks. For the Esmie siblingsΓÇöVioletVailand DodieΓÇöthe final straw was the shocking disappearance of their little brother. It started as a normal game of hide-and-seek. The three closed their eyes and counted to ten while Ben went to hide. But this timethey never found their brotherΓÇöhe was gone and the ongoing search efforts turned up no clues. As their parents grew increasingly distantVioletVailand Dodie were each haunted by visions and frightening events that made them leave town and never look back. Violet still sees dead peopleΓÇöspirits who remind her of Sisterthe menacing presence that terrorized her for years. And now after two decades running from their pastitΓÇÖs time for a homecoming. Because Ben is backand heΓÇÖs ready to lead them to the answers theyΓÇÖve longed for and long feared. If the ghosts of Fell donΓÇÖt get to them first. A Box Full of Darkness is another propulsive thriller from the author of The Broken Girls and The Book of Cold Casesa surprising horror story from a writer who is ΓÇ£particularly gifted at doling out twistsΓÇ¥ (The New York Times).