Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Length: 352 pages
Audiobook Length: 11 hours
First Published: 2024
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Rachael’s Review
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Berkley Publishing Group through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
After taking a wrong turn on their honeymoon, April and Eddie stumble across a lone hitchhiker on a deserted road. Soon they realize that she’s bleeding and as they drive to the hospital, a truck barrels after them. After the hitchhiker dies, April and Eddie find themselves the only witnesses, and prime suspects, in a series of murders along that deserted stretch of road. As they try to clear their names, they realize something supernatural is taking place in this town full of dark secrets.
Simone St. James is known for her creepy thrillers full of ghost vibes and Murder Road fit has a similar premise but with lackluster results. St. James hooks you early with a gripping beginning but wasn’t able to finish strong. Sadly, the book faded into an underwhelming read. Although the characters were extremely likable, the scenario felt clunky and a bit cliché.
Publisher’s Description
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.
July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them.
When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all.
About Simone St. James
After years of working behind the scenes working in television, Simone St. James became a full-time writer. Her works include The Book of Cold Cases, Murder Road, The Broken Girls, The Haunting of Maddy Clare, Silence for the Dead, and The Sun Down Motel. She currently lives outside Toronto, Canada. Visit the author’s website →
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