{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-maddy-clare-9780451235688","title":"The Haunting of Maddy Clare","description":"\u003cb\u003eA woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Down Motel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e1920s England\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 barn where she committed suicide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost--real or imagined--on her own. She's even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair's associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is no hoax--she's real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance--before she destroys them all....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone St. James\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Down Motel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost Among the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Maddy Clare\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school, and spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600653586706,"sku":"9780451235688","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b66b735-e3fa-476a-bd88-3c5440fb6838.jpg?v=1732214566","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-haunting-of-maddy-clare-9780451235688","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}