A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James

 

A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James - 352 pages

Siblings return to the house they fled eighteen years before, called back by the ghost of their long-missing brother and his haunting request to come home.

Strange things happen in Fell, New York: A mysterious drowning at the town’s roadside motel. The unexplained death of a young girl whose body is left by the railroad tracks. For Violet, Vail, and Dodie Esmie the final straw was their little brother's shocking disappearance, which started as a normal game of hide-and-seek.

As their parents grew increasingly distant, the sisters were each haunted by visions and frightening events, leading them to leave town and never look back. Violet still sees dead people—spirits who remind her of Sister, the menacing presence that terrorized her for years. Now after nearly two decades it’s time for a homecoming—because Ben is back, and he’s ready to lead them to the answers they’ve longed for and long feared.

Holy cow, was this a great book!  I was hooked from the beginning and could not put this down.  I had to know what happened to Ben, how did he disappear during a game of Hide-and-Seek?  Why is Fell such an odd town?  I loved how this was written.  It is definitely my favorite written by this author.