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 be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchhiker 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. ~taken from Goodreads
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. ~taken from Goodreads
Simone St. James has done it again! I love the supernatural thrillers this author puts out. Time and time again I am entertained by every turn of the page. Every time I start a St. James book I wonder how spooky of a mystery I will get myself into.
This one was just as unique as the others I have read and reviewed. It took me back to the mid 90s before cell phones and handheld internet devices. Before widespread GPS tracking. Back when hitchhikers could go missing without a trace.
The main characters, Eddie and April, are young and optimistic, but each have secrets and demons in their past. Ones they don't really want to share with each other. They are newlyweds on their way to their honeymoon when they take a wrong turn and become entangled in what seems to be decades long serial killings of hitchhikers in the area. They find themselves suspects of the latest murder.
Determined to figure out how exactly they became involved, whether it was fate or something supernatural, it becomes clear to them that this town holds secrets too. Why are the police so determined to pin this horrific crime on them? What facts about the past murders are they not sharing? Who is the identity of the very first murdered hitchhiker on Atticus Line?
This was such a good book! It was a slow burn, but at a good, steady moving pace, if that makes sense. I loved the character development. I loved the supernatural elements. The whole thing was a 5 star read.
Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for allowing my an advanced e-copy to read and give my honest review.
Murder Road is set to be released on March 5, 2024 here in the U.S. so pre-order now. You do not want to miss this one!
Happy Reading!
No comments:
Post a Comment