Silas Tucker was supposed to be headed for NFL stardom. Instead, one devastating crash ends his football career and sends him back to Cross Rivers, North Carolina—the same town where his father was murdered years earlier.
But home is no refuge. Young women are disappearing. Drugs are destroying lives. And the powerful Crockett family, rumored to control the Southern Mafia, seems to have a hand in everything. When Silas begins asking questions, threats quickly turn violent, forcing him into a fight far more dangerous than anything he ever faced on a football field.
In The Country Road Murders, James Patterson and Mike Lupica blend small-town secrets, organized crime, family loyalty, and high-stakes action into a fast-moving thriller about a former athlete searching for a new purpose.
Read our Instaread summary to discover how Silas takes on a criminal empire—and what happens when the fight for his hometown becomes deeply personal.
