The other heroines in St James’s books are flawed, innocent, and trusting more often than not. Interestingly enough, I found that I liked Ellie in a way that I didn’t like some of the other heroines. In this book, Ellie was clearly the conduit and I liked how Ellie, the ghosts, and the psychic elements blended together creating something new for me to read. I don’t usually go for psychic elements but in this case I thought that it added a lot to the story and as I mentioned, I loved interacting with the dead in a new way rather than just a ghost appearing to a random girl. To date this is her only novel that I have read to use this and while I wasn’t entirely sure that it worked all the time in the novel, I found I enjoyed the new perspective.

The psychic plot was unique and I enjoyed how St James used it to incorporate ghosts and the dead in a new and different way. This book had a much more fantastical plot than any of her others….and that’s saying something considering she writes ghost stories. And as Ellie’s uneasy partnership with James turns dangerously intimate, an insidious evil force begins to undermine their quest for clues, a force determined to bury the truth, and whoever seeks to expose it ( summary from Goodreads). Worse, she cannot shake the attentions of handsome James Hawley, a damaged war veteran who has dedicated himself to debunking psychics.Īs Ellie and James uncover the sinister mysteries of Gloria’s life and death, Ellie is tormented by nightmarish visions that herald the grisly murders of those in Gloria’s circle. Now Ellie must delve into Gloria’s secrets and plunge back into the world of hucksters, lowlifes, and fakes. Still, she can’t refuse the final request of the only other true psychic she has known. She specializes in miraculously finding lost items. Now she’s been murdered at one of her own séances, after leaving a message requesting the help of her former friend and sole rival, Ellie Winter.Įllie doesn’t contact the dead-at least, not anymore. Glamorous medium Gloria Sutter made her fortune helping the bereaved contact loved ones killed during the Great War.

The Other Side of Midnight had a similar ratings on Goodreads as Silence for the Dead so I just picked one and it happened to be this one!

I wanted to end my binge with a really good one so I had to decide which one to read first since both sounded interesting. I had two books left, this one and Silence for the Dead. I am winding down in my St James binge read-a-thon though. I had surgery on my ankle four weeks ago and have had more than enough time to read and read and read. When I find an author I like, sometimes I binge read if my schedule allows it and in this case it did.

The book the other side of midnight