The Country Road Murders

A Thriller

Contributors

By James Patterson

By Mike Lupica

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Feb 9, 2026
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781668655696

Price

$27.99

Format

Big Dreams. 
Silas Tucker, Jr. grew up in Cross Rivers, North Carolina loving God, his family, his hometown, and sports.

Big Breaks. 
In baseball and football, Silas’s right arm unleashes thunderbolts. His record-breaking 109-mph fastball forever earns him the nickname “109” and his perfect passes make him a #1 NFL draft pick. He’s bound for fame and glory—until a deadly accident derails his bright future.

Big News. 
Back home in search of a new game, Silas finds himself at the center of a law-enforcement task force targeting the Southern Mafia when local teenage girls start disappearing.

Big Question. 
​What will it cost to get back on the field for one more game? For the local-hero-turned-amateur-detective, it’s the biggest gamble of his young life.


James Patterson

About the Author

James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author, best known for his many enduring fictional characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Middle School, I Funny, and Jacky Ha-Ha. Patterson’s writing career is characterized by a single mission: to prove to everyone, from children to adults, that there is no such thing as a person who “doesn’t like to read,” only people who haven’t found the right book. He’s given over a million books to schoolkids and over forty million dollars to support education, and endowed over five thousand college scholarships for teachers. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

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