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Murder Road

by Simone St. James
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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.

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    March 5, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593200407

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      • ISBN: 9780593200407
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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from January 12, 2024

      In July 1995, newlyweds April and Eddie Carter are on the way to their honeymoon resort when a wrong turn down a deserted road turns deadly. Stopping to pick up a lone female hitchhiker in the dark Michigan woods, they realize she is gravely injured and bleeding, and a black truck is suddenly barreling down upon them. The nearest hospital is in Coldlake Falls, where the young woman dies, and the local police have questions for the Carters...lots of them. Witnesses-turned-suspects, April and Eddie must find a way to clear their names, while also grappling with the history of the Atticus Line--that same road where a string of unsolved murders over two decades haunts the town. Along with a little help from savvy locals and curious teenage sleuths, April and Eddie dig deeper into a case long grown cold, while also wrestling with their own haunted secrets. VERDICT St. James's (The Book of Cold Cases) intricate plot skillfully mixes gumshoe detective work with unexpected supernatural chills, not to mention winning characters that easily earn readers' affection. This highly recommended title will thrill fans of St. James's work and earn new ones along the way.--Peggy Kurkowski

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      February 1, 2024
      Late on a summer night in 1995, newlyweds Eddie and April Carter are driving to a cottage on Lake Michigan for a short honeymoon but take a wrong turn off the interstate. The two-lane road is deserted. They see a light in the trees and then a girl staggering along the road, bleeding. They pick her up and follow signs to the hospital in Coldlake Falls. Almost as soon as they get there, the girl dies, and Detective Quentin of the state police arrives. Quentin interrogates the couple and puts them up in a local B&B while he investigates them further. Eddie and April also investigate, learning that the first victim on that deserted stretch of Atticus Line, known as the Lost Girl, was never identified. In all there were six murders on Atticus Line, all unsolved, no pattern, rankling Quentin. But the locals believe the Lost Girl is real, and if you see a light, you're her next victim. Once again, St. James has offered a gripping tale of crime tinged with the supernatural that crosses generations.

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