Murder Road – Simone St. James

In July of 1995, a young couple gets lost on the way to their honeymoon vacation spot and come across a woman walking alone on an abandoned road.  When they try to give her a ride, they quickly realize she has been stabbed, so they rush her to the hospital.  Unfortunately, they quickly become the chief suspects once she dies, both for her murder and many that have come before on the same stretch of road.  With the police unwilling to dig deeper to find the actual culprit, the couple starts their own investigation, leading them to an unknown woman killed 20 years earlier and her links to what is happening today.

After a two-year absence. Simone St. James returns with her latest, Murder Road.  Once again, she weaves the supernatural into an otherwise normal suspense plot, with some characters more accepting of it than others.  One of these days, I will have to dive into her back catalog, as she’s quickly becoming a favorite.