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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

‘Genuinely creepy. Sent shivers down my spine’ Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Here to Stay


‘A nerve-shredding start with a thrilling end’ Riely Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Only One Left


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April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn.

They're on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble.

They stop and pick her up. It's only once she's in the car that they see the blood.

And then they see the headlights, and at last, the woman speaks, her voice faint. "I'm sorry, he's coming."


While April and Eddie are able to escape - this time - their terrifying adventure is only just beginning.


The hitchhiker's injuries prove fatal, and the couple are trapped in the small town of Coldlake Falls, prime suspects in the eyes of local police.


It turns out that this isn't the first victim to die on this stretch of road, and it isn't the first time that survivors have seen something that can't be explained.


But to get out of town, April and Eddie are going to have to drive down that haunted stretch of road one more time...

Ingeniously plotted and heartstoppingly terrifying, are you ready to uncover the secret of Murder Road?

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'Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core, this might be St. James’s best novel yet' New York Times Book Review

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

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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