A Box Full of Darkness
Published on 22. January 2026
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-241-79374-9 (ISBN)
Description
1960s:
Three siblings are all haunted in three very different ways. Violet wakes to a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning and Vale wakes to beaming light and probing figures. But the one thing that haunts them the most is the dissapearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during a game of hide and seek.
1980s:
Violet is notified that Ben's spirit is seen wondering their haunted childhood home calling for them to return and the three siblings do just that. But secrets become un-earthed, their past traumas seem more connected that they thought and all siblings are faced with a very angry spirit who wants revenge.
Three siblings are all haunted in three very different ways. Violet wakes to a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning and Vale wakes to beaming light and probing figures. But the one thing that haunts them the most is the dissapearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during a game of hide and seek.
1980s:
Violet is notified that Ben's spirit is seen wondering their haunted childhood home calling for them to return and the three siblings do just that. But secrets become un-earthed, their past traumas seem more connected that they thought and all siblings are faced with a very angry spirit who wants revenge.
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Simone St. James is known for brilliantly mixing thriller elements with supernatural mayhem, and MURDER ROAD, her most recent novel, offers readers plenty of both... Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core, this might be St. James's best novel yet * The New York Times * 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. * Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House * 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! * Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Still See You Everywhere * 'Simone St. James is known for brilliantly mixing thriller elements with supernatural mayhem, and MURDER ROAD, her most recent novel, offers readers plenty of both... Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core, this might be St. James's best novel yet' * New York Times Book Review * Genuinely creepy. I'm very hard to scare but Murder Road sent shivers down my spine. -- Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Here to Stay Creepy and hugely fun, a fast and sinister romp of a road trip gone wrong * Lauren Beukes, internationally bestselling author of The Shining Girls * From its nerve-shredding start to its thrilling end, MURDER ROAD steers the reader down creepy backroads, past urban legends so vivid you'd swear they were true, and into the marriage of two damaged souls you can't help but root for. Part love story, part campfire tale, it's a trip well worth taking * Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Only One Left * There may be a chilling supernatural element at the heart of Murder Road, but it's the unforgettable main characters that will pull you in: damaged survivors who find salvation in each other, beautifully drawn. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down. I know I couldn't * Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor * Murder Road serves up the kind of tension that sends chills racing over your skin as you furiously turn the pages, desperate to uncover the secrets of Coldlake Falls. An exhilarating, haunting ride from start to finish * Isabel Canas, USA Today bestselling author of Vampires of El Norte * Murder Road hits the gas and doesn't let up! Full of secrets, twists, and turns. Simone St. James takes you on a supernatural road trip you are unlikely to forget * Carissa Orlando, author of The September House *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-79374-9 (9780241793749)
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Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases and The Sun Down Motel. She spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.. Her debut novel, The Haunting of Maddy Clare, won two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America and an Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada. Simone spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time. She lives just outside of Toronto, Canada with her husband and a spoiled rescue cat.