This month's read is Sile nce For The Dead by Simone St. James
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\nIn 1919\, Kitty Weekes\, pretty\, resourceful\, and o n the run\, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Porti s House\, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what wa s once a magnificent private estate\, the patients suffer from nervous att acks and tormenting dreams. But something more is going on at Portis House &mdash\;its plaster is crumbling\, its plumbing makes eerie noises\, and s trange breaths of cold waft through the empty rooms. It&rsquo\;s known tha t the former occupants left abruptly\, but where did they go? And why do t he patients all seem to share the same nightmare\, one so horrific that th ey dare not speak of it?
\nKitty finds a dangerous ally in Jack Yate s\, an inmate who may be a war hero\, a madman&hellip\; or maybe both. But even as Kitty and Jack create a secret\, intimate alliance to uncover the truth\, disturbing revelations suggest the presence of powerful spectral forces. And when a medical catastrophe leaves them even more isolated\, th ey must battle the menace on their own\, caught in the heart of a mystery that could destroy them both.
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