Simone St. James

Summaries of books by Simone St. James.

A Box Full of Darkness

Simone St. James · 2026

After 18 years away, Violet, Vail and Dodie return to Fell when missing brother Ben calls them home to face Sister and old ghosts.

2,138-word summary · 10 min read

The Book of Cold Cases

Simone St. James · 2022

A true crime blogger interviews Beth Greer, acquitted in the 1977 Claire Lake murders, as fresh violence and ghost sightings pull the old cold case into the…

2,631-word summary · 12 min read

The Broken Girls

Simone St. James · 2018

A journalist revisits her sister's murder while a restored boarding school gives up a girl missing since 1950.

2,579-word summary · 11 min read

The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James · 2020

In 1982 Viv vanishes from a Fell motel desk; in 2017 niece Carly takes the same shift to find her.

2,150-word summary · 10 min read