num_pages: 336
description: A suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare...Vermont 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers the illegitimate the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears their budding friendship blossoming--until one of them mysteriously disappears. . . . Vermont 2014. As much as she's tried journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister's death. Twenty years ago her body was found lying in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And though her sister's boyfriend was tried and convicted of murder Fiona can't shake the suspicion that something was never right about the case.When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during the renovations will link the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past--and a voice that won't be silenced. . . .
language: English
title: The Broken Girls
publisher: Berkley