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A review by heidikundin
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
4.0
As both a blogger and a true crime fan, The Book of Cold Cases was a fun ride with lots of familiar aspects. I've become a fan of the way that Simone St. James writes her split timelines (here in "present day" 2017 and the 1970s), and I thought that it worked well in this book, too.
The paranormal aspects of the book are only mildly hinted at in the synopsis, but this is Simone St. James here, so I guess I should have expected that it would be far more prevalent than the description led me to believe. I love ghost stories, and St. James does paranormal well, but to be honest, I really think this book could have stood well on its own without it, or with slightly less emphasis on it, this time. Some of the repeating paranormal elements just started to feel a bit repetitive after a while, and the twists weren't very twisty or unexpected, but all in all, this was still a fun mystery to unravel!
The paranormal aspects of the book are only mildly hinted at in the synopsis, but this is Simone St. James here, so I guess I should have expected that it would be far more prevalent than the description led me to believe. I love ghost stories, and St. James does paranormal well, but to be honest, I really think this book could have stood well on its own without it, or with slightly less emphasis on it, this time. Some of the repeating paranormal elements