Simone st james biography
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.
July April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them.
When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all.
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“From its nerve-shredding start to its thrilling endit’s a trip well worth taking.”
“Buckle up for a grisly ride…there’s more going on than meets the eye.”
“As creepy and unsettling as a rain-faded wreath and teddy bear found by the side of the road to mark a missing person, Murder Road lingers like a ghost long after it’s finished.”
“From its terrifying opening to its jaw-dropping conclusion, this thriller has it all—small town secrets, ominous dark deeds after midnight, and a young couple desperate to learn the truth before it costs them their very lives. You will follow this shocking road to its climactic end!”
Simone St. James is a New York Times bestseller and award-winning author, and when it comes to writing thrillers, Simone is right up at the top of the list. Her ability to portray convincing characters and scary situations that remain in your thoughts long after the lights are turned out keeps us coming back for more.
From Television to Thrillers: Simone St. James' Journey to Success
Simone was born in Toronto, Canada, and has always loved stories. She has always been passionate about writing and wrote her first ghost story when she was in high school. But the road to success has been challenging for Simone, and she spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television industry before making the break to write full-time.
The Haunting of Maddy Clare: Simone's Award-Winning Debut
She initially wrote three novels that were never published, but she never gave up, despite being rejected for six years before an agent signed her. In , Simone finally published her debut novel, The Haunting of Maddy Clare, for which she won two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America and an Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada. Finally, her career as a successful writer was established.
The Haunting of Maddy Clare is set in England during the s. Sarah Piper, a woman of limited means and no experience, finds herself teamed up with an obsessed ghost hunter. Together they must confront the vengeful spirit of Maddy Clare. But nothing is as it seems!
A Career of Captivating Thrillers
For Simone, her proudest moment was when she went to her favorite bookstore and saw her first book on the shelf. It was a dream come true. She now has an impressive list of books to her name, including the Silence for the Dead, The Other Side of Midnight, The Broken Girls, and The Sun Down Motel, and she was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Mystery & Thriller.
The Sun Down Motel: A Chilling Success Story
The Sun Down Motel, which was published in
Simone St. James
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Simone St. James wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school. Unaware that real people actually became writers, she pursued a career behind the scenes in the television business. She lives just outside Toronto, Canada, where she writes in her spare time and lives with her husband and three spoiled cats.
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Series
Books:
The Other Side of Midnight, SeptemberTrade Paperback
Murder Road, February
Trade Paperback / e-Book
An Inquiry into Love and Death, August
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Murder Road, March
Hardcover / e-Book
Silence for the Dead, July
Trade Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Book of Cold Cases, March
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Haunting of Maddy Clare, October
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Book of Cold Cases, March
Hardcover / e-Book
The Sun Down Motel, November
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
The Sun Down Motel, February
Hardcover / e-Book
The Broken Girls, November
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
The Broken Girls, March
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Broken Girls, March
Hardcover / e-Book
Lost Among The Living, April
Paperback / e-Book
An Inquiry Into Love And Death, March
Trade Size / e-Book
The Haunting Of Maddy Clare, March
Paperback / e-Book
Simone St. James
Canadian author
Simone St. James is a Canadian author of mystery, historical fiction, and romance novels. Simone lives outside of Toronto, Canada and had twenty years of experience in the television business before leaving to write full-time.
Simone has always written for fun before she decided to try and get published. She was inspired to write her first book because she wanted to read a ghost story that was creepy but not gory, and that had a romance in it. Since she couldn't find it, she wrote it herself.
The themes in Simone's novels often include ghosts, crime, and an investigation. Although Simone claims never to have seen a ghost personally, her books are all about the possibility, and specifically about the "what if" moment. The first books written by Simone were set in the s. She decided after that to write for other time periods like the s.
Selected texts
Murder Road ()
Murder Road, which was published on March 5,
The Book of Cold Cases ()
The Book of Cold Cases, published March 15, by Berkley Books, is a thriller novel with two intersecting timelines ( and ) in Oregon.
The book received a positive review from Publishers Weekly, and Goodreads named it one of the most anticipated books of The book was also nominated to the Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller ().
The Sun Down Motel ()
The Sun Down Motel, published February 18, by Berkley Books, is a mystery thriller novel set in New York. It was a New York Times best seller.
The book received a starred review from Booklist, as well as a positive review from Publishers Weekly.
It also received the following accolades:
The Broken Girls ()
The Broken Girls, published March 20, by Berkley Books, is a mystery novel set with two intertwined timelin