Cross Country Murder Song

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An extraordinary debut novel tracking a killer, and the lives of his victims, on a terrifying road trip across America. On a journey from the Jersey Shore to the Pacific Ocean the driver crosses an America twisted beyond all recognition, pursued by ghosts of his traumatic past, and by the police, who have discovered the horrifying secrets of his basement. On and off the road, we glimpse the lives of people who are touched by the driver in one way or another - a porn star who can no longer perform; a widower looking for love; two parents who return day after day to the spot where their son was killed. The driver meddles, mixes and murders, heading towards his own macabre realisation of the American Dream.

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There is more than a touch of David Lynch about Wilding's road trip across America...Compelling, sophisticated writing * Guardian *
Its palette is bible-black, and the country is skewed, from right to left, positive to negative. This is a worrying book, like a worm inside my brain. I like such books * Independent *
A rising star * Sunday Telegraph *
A black marble index of murder and pain that grips and doesn't ever let you go -- James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers
Cross Country Murder Song is 245 pages of dark, Welsh, disturbing, romantic, American splendour -- Nicky Wire

Author Bio

Philip Wilding is a journalist, writer and producer for radio and TV, and the co-presenter of the award-winning Phil and Phill's Perfect Ten podcast (with Phill Jupitus). He lives in London.