While Hart’s previous mysteries were atmospheric tales enhanced by aspects of the Southern novel, “Redemption Road” is fueled by more of a thriller plot with acute attention to its well-sculpted characters. John Hart’s first four novels earned two Edgar Allan Poe Awards and one nomination, as well as myriad other awards.įive years have gone by since his fourth novel, 2011’s “The Iron House,” was published, but “Redemption Road” proves the wait was worth it. 200,000 first printing author tour.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu Though Hart employs plot twists effectively, it's his powerful, wounded but courageous lead whom readers will remember. Adrian is almost gunned down by the victim's revenge-seeking son and again finds himself a suspect when another woman is killed. Her plate gets even fuller after Adrian Wall, a cop she once had feelings for, is paroled after 13 years in jail for murdering a woman, a crime she always believed he didn't commit, despite compelling forensic evidence. But Elizabeth seems strangely indifferent to the investigation's outcome. Given that Elizabeth, a white cop, shot the men, who were black, 18 times, the incident has attracted major media attention.

North Carolina police detective Elizabeth Black faces the prospect of criminal charges arising from her gunning down two men who were sexually abusing 18-year-old Channing Shore in an abandoned house. In this stellar crime thriller, Edgar-winner Hart (Iron House) explores the human capacity for resilience and trust in the face of heartbreaking betrayal. Now with an excerpt from John Hart's next book The Hush, available in February 2018. Now, Hart delivers his most powerful story yet.Ī boy with a gun waits for the man who killed his mother.Ī troubled detective confronts her past in the aftermath of a brutal shooting.Īfter thirteen years in prison, a good cop walks free as deep in the forest, on the altar of an abandoned church, a body cools in pale linen…īrimming with tension, secrets, and betrayal, Redemption Road proves again that John Hart is a master of the literary thriller. Each novel has taken Hart higher on the New York Times Bestseller list as his masterful writing and assured evocation of place have won readers around the world and earned history's only consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel with Down River and The Last Child. Since his debut bestseller, The King of Lies, reviewers across the country have heaped praise on John Hart. The first and only author to win back-to-back Edgars for Best Novel.

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