Murder Road is another solid, ghosty thriller from Simone St. James. This author is a favorite of so many for good reason! While Murder Road isn't topping my SSJ ranking list, I wholeheartedly recommend this one especially if you are feeling tired of dual timeline thrillers. Told entirely by one narrator on her honeymoon gone wrong in 1995, this offers SSJ's writing style in a different storytelling format. 

April and Eddie are on their way to a short, cheap honeymoon after a quick engagement. But they find themselves on the Atticus Line and see a woman hitchhiking who they pick up. When the woman dies, April and Eddie find themselves as suspects and are stuck in this small town of Coldlake Falls. Atticus Line has been the site of numerous murders over the last nineteen years, and they seem connected but police have never solved them. 

I absolutely loved all of the characters in this cast. Officer Kal Syed and Rose, the B&B owner, really shine. It was so refreshing to read a really enthralling thriller with likeable characters! If you want books with characters that feel real and you can root for, this is one to try.