Published By: Simon and Schuster
Pages: 416
Released On: 07/05/2026
There is a killer on the loose. He has committed four murders in four weeks, each of which have only one thing in common. The victims’ address: 138 Main Street.
For FBI Special Agent Ben Walker and his rookie colleague, Officer Zoe Hill, the case is unlike any they have seen before. They already know where the murderer will strike: the problem is that there are over seven thousand Main Streets in the USA. And they have no clue which one will be next.
But these attacks are only the beginning. When the Main Street Killer’s manifesto is released to the media, his demands become clear, as do the consequences if they aren’t met.
With every town in the country at imminent risk, the pressure is mounting on Ben and Zoe to stop the killer before he can carry out his threat.
But with their target always several steps ahead, and over three and a half million square miles of ground to cover, they’ll have to find him first . . .
*****
Thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.
I normally make notes as I read an ARC so it’s easier when it comes to typing up my review, but I was so engrossed in this that I had hardly anything to go on. But also, it’s hard to review it without giving spoilers so I’m not going to try to go into too much detail and it will be a shorter review than I normally do. This is a book you have to read for yourself.
I worried it might be a bit too long and bogged down in details but it wasn’t and I flew through it in matter of hours. I mean, it probably wasn’t the nice calming, relaxing book I should have started reading before bed when I was alone in the house but hey ho.
It had everything I expected from a thriller but it still felt unique and fresh and exciting.
The characters aren’t morally black or white, goodies or baddies, heroes vs villains. Everyone could have a good reason for sitting on either side of the fence – although some lean heavily more towards one side. I would say you don’t get much in term of character in the book but that’s not a negative. The characters are crucial to progressing the story and I don’t think it really needs a whole lot of backstory. There are quite a few characters with a handful of main players, and they all work well and have their own place in the story. Zoe is probably our lead protagonist and she is wonderful and I’d see her becoming a literary hero.
It’s tense and uncomfortable and frightening and very clever. I am notoriously awful at working out whodunnits and thrillers etc. so it shouldn’t be a surprise that I was clueless here, but I would guess that most people, no matter their skill at working things out, would be clueless here.
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