Redemption Road (Hart)

Book Reviews
[A]s good as any of [Hart's] previous novels and in some cases even better. His grasp of plot is still phenomenal, his creation of characters is still amazing, and his way with words is still magnificently acute. ... [H]is story rings true. It possesses tremendous depth as it reveals the isolation a wounded heart can feel. It shows understanding in the emotions of rage and revenge. It shows the curative blessings of a redemptive soul. That is a lot to pack into a story but Hart has the heart and stamina to make it all work.
Huffington Post


One of today’s finest thriller writers - certainly in the same league as David Baldacci, John Grisham, Frederick Forsyth and Lee Child. There are moments when Hart’s writing soars off the page with a lyricism that probably only James Lee Burke can match. Unforgettable.
Daily Mail (UK)


John Hart's exquisite writing had me the moment I opened this book.... Hart introduces a full cast of characters and manages to weave them together seamlessly.
New Jersey Star Ledger


Hart ties the two plot threads in a gripping, believable story that doesn't rest until the last sentence.... Redemption Road contains a more ambitious plot than Hart's previous novels, and he weaves this seemingly far-flung story with aplomb.
Associated Press


The pages keep turning—almost involuntarily—until the end. Hart's writing is, at times, pure poetry. Yet at other times, the violence and cruelty he describes are almost too horrible to read. And that's probably the best way to describe this book—a novel that has everything from torture and tortured people to beauty and what is the best in human nature. Hart manages to encompass it all. Beautifully.
Examiner.com


There’s a magic in his work.... Hart creates characters your heart bleeds for...thoroughly worth a slow, attentive read. Hart’s muscular prose is an editor’s dream, written not just in active voice but using verbs you feel in your viscera.
Raleigh News & Observer


Hart once again has proved that he ranks among the best writers anywhere when it comes to literary and psychological thrillers, those novels that combine crime, suspense and searing glimpses into the human mind and soul.
Greensboro News & Record


With prose that runs the gamut between tough and lyrical, a page-turner plot that raises issues both timely and timeless and the talent to delve deeply into the psyches of the injured, Hart...again shines in a novel that examines our ability to rise above the destructive events in our lives―or to surrender to our weaknesses. More than a crime novel, “Redemption Road” offers a volcano of unspeakable cruelty, corruption and sin―but also a testament to saving love, courage and grace.
Richmond Times-Dispatch


Edgar Award winning John Hart cements his status as one of America’s premier novelists, as well as mystery writers, in "Redemption Road," a beautifully rendered, heart wrenching tale that’s the perfect combination of brains and brawn...haunting in its base simplicity and riveting in its emotional angst, this is an extraordinary novel in which the human heart proves the most confounding mystery of all.
Providence Journal


(Starred review.) In this stellar crime thriller, Edgar-winner Hart explores the human capacity for resilience and trust in the face of heartbreaking betrayal.... Though Hart employs plot twists effectively, it’s his powerful, wounded but courageous lead whom readers will remember.
Publishers Weekly


Hart unwinds another complex plot, rich in backstory but driven by a propulsive main narrative.... [H]is grasp of character gives this novel―and all his works―the extra dimension that extends his audience well beyond adrenaline junkies.... Hart hasn’t lost his touch
Booklist


Enough characters, confrontations, secrets, and subplots to fill the stage of an opera house―and leave spectators from the orchestra to the balcony moved and misty-eyed
Kirkus Reviews