Simone St. James
Autor de The Sun Down Motel
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: photocredit: adam hunter
Obras de Simone St. James
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Seguin, Simone
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th century
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Premios y honores
- Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel
RITA - Biografía breve
- Simone St. James is the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare, which won two prestigious RITA® awards from Romance Writers of America and an Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada. She writes gothic historical ghost stories set in 1920s England, books that are known for their mystery, gripping suspense, and romance.
Simone wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school. She worked behind the scenes in the television business for twenty years before leaving to write full-time. She lives just outside Toronto, Canada with her husband and a spoiled cat.
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- Obras
- 12
- Miembros
- 7,151
- Popularidad
- #3,429
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 460
- ISBNs
- 110
- Idiomas
- 8
- Favorito
- 11
I was intrigued by the premise Murder Road by Simone St. James. Atmospheric and suspenseful, this novel had a lot to offer. The paranormal element was interesting ( I don’t dabble much in this genre, but I do like the author’s way of incorporating the surreal elements into her plotlines!) and the sub-plots were well woven into the narrative which flows well. But after a strong start, I found aspects of the plot a tad too contrived to fully enjoy. While I can’t say that I disliked this novel in its entirety, guessing a large part of the “mystery” midway (it was rather obvious) left me less than engaged as the narrative progressed. I also found the outcome of one of the crucial plot points more than a tad underwhelming. I did enjoy the nineties' references, but somehow didn’t find the same integral to the story in any way. I have to admit that I found the supporting characters (The Snell sisters and Rose) more interesting than the main characters.
I paired my reading with the audiobook and I have to say that Brittany Pressley’s narration rendered this an entertaining immersion reading experience even though I wasn’t too taken with the execution of the novel overall.
However, I have enjoyed the author’s work in the past and hope to do so again in the future.… (más)