The Country Road Murders: A Thriller

After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker's legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family.

Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North Carolina, where his father was murdered.

He goes back to what's left of his family and their small, struggling farm. He reunites with his best friend in the world--Taylor McCarter Webb, who is now married.

Then Silas is pulled into a deadly battle with the Southern Mafia who control drugs, trafficking and murder.

As the suspense crescendos, Silas follows one rule for survival: you don't ride these country roads alone, or in the dead of night.


Author: James Patterson,Mike Lupica
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 07/13/2026
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780316599870

About the Author
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. An Edgar, ten-time Emmy, and Literarian Award-winning creator of countless beloved series--including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, and Maximum Ride--Patterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, Michael Crichton, and Viola Davis, as well as #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich.

Mike Lupica has been inducted into the National Sports Media Hall of Fame. He is an award-winning columnist for the New York Daily News and has written 17 New York Times bestsellers.