Review: Silence For the Dead - Simone St James

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Review: Silence For The Dead - Simone St. James - April 2014

One of my reading goals for 2024 is to get through the author Simone St. James booklists, so far I have read one of her books and the other was a DNF. Silence for the Dead is the 3rd book by this author I have read and the second one I have enjoyed. I was surprised though that when I started this book I was transported back to the year 1919-1920 - just after The Great War  had ended and during the second wind of the influenza plague. As we know the first one started ravaging families in 1918. The book starts with a young female called Kitty off to work at a Mental Institution, the institution is housed in an old family home that once belonged to a wealthy family who one day vanished without a trace. Strange things are happening inside the walls though as at night, the patients are hearing voices and hallucinating. They are convinced it's part of their PTSD and illnesses but the truth is that bad terrible things happened in this house and there are a few ghosts who are determined not to leave the premises. This is a theme that I have found is quite a prevalent topic in all of her books. If you love historical fiction with a ghostly theme and don't mind books that talk and discuss mental health practices from the early 1900s then you will enjoy this read which also has tones of a cozy mystery feel.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/480jIld


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