The Cursed Road
- Author Laura McCluskey
- Narrator Kirsty Cox
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 26 February 2026
- Run Time 11 hours and 31 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Psychological thriller.
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What to expect
'Eerie and gripping' Daily Mail
Don't miss this gripping atmospheric mystery set in the Scottish highlands
ON THE CURSED ROAD EVERY STEP COULD BE YOUR LAST
Deep in the Scottish Highlands, the body of a young woman is found on the cursed road, a narrow track with a bloody history.
It initially looks like an accident, but a name scratched on the dead woman’s arm links to an unsolved case from years ago.
Glaswegian detectives Georgina Lennox and Richard Stewart are sent north to investigate, and they discover a community riven by a centuries’ old blood feud and modern rivalries.
As George and Richie attempt to get to the truth behind the dark rumours, a killer is waiting, determined that some secrets are never uncovered.
Praise for THE CURSED ROAD
‘Vivid, haunting, twisty and gut-wrenching’ Pip Drysdale
‘Tense, chilling and sometimes dark’ Fiona Hardy
‘Brilliant … Crime fiction at its best!’ Tanya Scott
‘If you start reading this, it’s likely you won’t put it down’ Nina Bhadreshwar
Critics Review
‘Vivid, haunting, twisty and gut-wrenching, The Cursed Road will have you on the edge of your seat right up until the last page (or hiding under the duvet, like me)’ Pip Drysdale
n‘Tense, chilling and sometimes dark … this is an ideal read for those who love Ian Rankin, Garry Disher, and icy cold danger’ Fiona Hardy
n‘Brilliant … a spooky, immersive setting, a wickedly clever plot, and a detective duo with their own demons to face. The Cursed Road will have you reading late into the night. Crime fiction at its best!’ Tanya Scott
n‘The Cursed Road is a pacy page-turning police procedural set in the terrifying Highlands of Scotland … If you start reading this, it’s likely you won’t put it down’ Nina Bhadreshwar
nn PRAISE FOR LAURA McCLUSKEYn
n‘The Wolf Tree is a stunning debut: a wild, vivid landscape and a propulsive mystery you simply have to know the answer to. It will have you on the edge of your seat’ – Leah Pitt
n‘Laura McCluskey offers a powerful debut in this atmospheric thriller infused with unsettling folk horror tropes’ – Booklist
n‘Atmospheric and immersive … creates a mounting chill that seeps into the bones’ – M. K. Murphy
n‘An exciting new voice in crime fiction’ – Pip Drysdale
n‘Absorbing, unsettling, and deeply accomplished’ – Dervla McTiernan
n‘THE WOLF TREE is a marvelous mystery, rich in atmosphere and quick in pace’ – Christina Alger
n‘An impressive crime debut dripping with atmosphere and threat, Laura McCluskey’s The Wolf Tree will take you to a chilling cliff-edge of suspense, then hold you there until the very last page’ – Hannah Richell
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