Murder Road

By: Simone St. James

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

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.

Not her best work *SPOILER*

I like Simone St James, she’s written some good stories, but this one wasn’t it. It just kind of dragged out and I was annoyed with the ending. I get that it’s a ghost story and it’s not supposed to be based in reality, but I rolled my eyes so hard at some points that my retinas almost detached.

I gave the narration a one because Brittany Presley does this really annoying thing where she sort of rasps on the ends of words and it takes me out of the story. And all of her male character voices sound the same.

*SPOILER*

I get super annoyed when a writer puts in a “twist” that was deemed impossible at first.
Like, April asked Eddie if Shannon could have been his mother, and he said no way. Then… it turns out that Shannon was his mother? Come on, dude.

unpopular opinion it seems 😂

I have read or listened to Dang near all of her books…. I’m sorry, but this one was just meh 🫤 nothing really hooked me. I was not a fan of the narrator.🤷🏻‍♀️

Genuinely creepy

I like SSJ’s other books, which are atmospheric and haunted. I loved this one for its downright creepiness.

Sympathetic and interesting characters, a compelling mystery, and a scene I was glad to be listening to in daylight, made Murder Road a fun read.

I’d recommend this one to fans of Dean Koontz. (I think it’s far better than a lot of what Koontz writes, but has a similar feel to it.)

Simone St James Best Yet!

This has to be one of the best books I've listened to. Simone St James is a master of writing and Brittany Pressley is, by far, one of the best narrators. You won't be disappointed!

Another Must Read

Scares, Tension and Characters that you care about. Loved it. The book flew by too fast. I miss the characters already.