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Murder Road

Murder Road

Summary

GET READY FOR THE SCARIEST READ OF 2024 - a gripping new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases

‘Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching. Might be St. James’s best novel yet’ New York Times

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Who is behind you on the Murder Road?

Honeymooners April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn.


They’re on a long dark road, late at night.

Then they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble.

They stop and pick her up.

But only once she’s in the car do they see the blood.

Which is when the headlights appear behind.

At last, the woman whispers:

‘I'm sorry, he’s coming . . .’

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PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST. JAMES


'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' Fiona Barton

'Downright scary' Lisa Gardner

'Dark and atmospheric' Harriet Tyce

'A brilliant page-turner' Jenny Quintana


Instant Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

Reviews

  • Simone St. James is known for brilliantly mixing thriller elements with supernatural mayhem, and MURDER ROAD, her most recent novel, offers readers plenty of both… Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core, this might be St. James’s best novel yet
    The New York Times

About the author

Simone St. James

Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases and The Sun Down Motel. She spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.. Her debut novel, The Haunting of Maddy Clare, won two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America and an Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada. Simone spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time. She lives just outside of Toronto, Canada with her husband and a spoiled rescue cat.
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