The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Simone St. James
Horror / Historical Fiction
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
by Simone St. James
—· 337 p
hauntingdarktensemysterious
Overview
About
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. 1920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. 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…
Pages
337
Penguin
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Gothic Atmosphere9
Supernatural Dread9
Emotional depth8
Pacing8
Worldbuilding7
Prose7
Narration7
Plot twists7
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