Publication Date: March 5, 2024
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.
Newlyweds Eddie and April Carter are en route to their honeymoon when they pick up a wounded woman who dies at the hospital.
This altruistic act lands them on the primary suspect list in Murder Road, a riveting thriller by Simone St. James.
As the Carters try to make sense of the situation, they discover a pattern of events tied to the road named Atticus Line. A hitchhiker was killed in the 1970s and found by the side of the road, which led to the story of The Lost Girl, which claims that she haunted the area.
The paranormal storyline mixes with a bit of horror as the couple realizes something is preventing them from leaving Coldlake Falls. They start looking into The Lost Girl story, opening long-buried secrets from the past.
Both Eddie and April are solid characters with interesting backstories. April’s secret-filled past adds a twist that threatens their happiness. Some compelling secondary characters also have fascinating backstories.
Murder Road delivers an unusual storyline that fits well in the paranormal suspense category.
Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel and The Broken Girls. She spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.
