Murder Road
Author: Simone St. James
Publication Date: March 5, 2024
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Synopsis:
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.
Oh, boy. What did I get myself into? Those were some of my first thoughts when I started reading this book. Murder Road was intense! I was creeped out and stressed out within the first 10%. I was reading it at night and decided quickly that this book was going to be a daytime read only. Just when I thought things were calming down, the intensity would increase again. Murder Road was one of those books that kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it. It kept me entertained, guessing, and worried for the characters the entire time I was reading. I loved how it managed to surprise me at times when I thought I knew what was coming. The revelations were surprising, and I loved the ending. This book exactly what I’ve come to expect from St. James and is a new favorite of mine from this author.