Simone St. James has become an auto-buy for me. Her mystery thrillers, horror stories and ghostly tales have all been fantastic. Murder Road was an atmospheric tale about a series of missing person/murders along a stretch of highway in Michigan called Atticus Line. You'll want to turn the phone of and dive in.
It's 1995 and April and Eddie just got hitched. They are driving to a small lakeside resort in Michigan to spend their honeymoon. The two make a wrong turn and end up in Cold Lake Falls when they help a young woman on a dark, deserted highway known as Atticus Line. The two find themselves murder suspects and the tale that unfolds was chilling.
St. James knows how to spin a good story and she hooked me from the first chapter. April and Eddie both have some baggage and as the story develops, we learn about their pasts as they try to hunt down a killer.
The mystery is about murders and missing people off of Atticus Line, with a focus on the first victim known as "The Lost Girl." James wove in supernatural elements that had me gripping my Kindle more than once.
Local police, Rose, the woman who hosts April and Eddie and the Snell sisters (locals who research the murders) added to the tale and sometimes stole the show. The author gave us well developed, complex, witty, and weird characters. I loved Rose and the sisters.
The author threw in some twists as April & Eddie investigated, some I saw coming and others I did not. This might not be a full horror novel, but the murders and happenings on Atticus Line were truly eerie and gave me chills.
I also had the opportunity to listen to the narration by Brittany Pressley and she added to the atmospheric tale. The story lends itself perfectly to audio. So whether you read or listen, prepare for chills.
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