This Dark Road to Mercy

A Novel

By: Wiley Cash

Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Erik Bergmann, Scott Sowers

The critically acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home—hailed as ""a powerfully moving debut that reads as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird"" (Richmond Times Dispatch)—returns with a resonant novel of love and atonement, blood and vengeance, set in western North Carolina, involving two young sisters, a wayward father, and an enemy determined to see him pay for his sins.

After their mother's unexpected death, twelve-year-old Easter and her six-year-old sister Ruby are adjusting to life in foster care when their errant father, Wade, suddenly appears. Since Wade signed away his legal rights, the only way he can get his daughters back is to steal them away in the night.

Brady Weller, the girls' court-appointed guardian, begins looking for Wade, and he quickly turns up unsettling information linking Wade to a recent armored car heist, one with a whopping $14.5 million missing. But Brady Weller isn't the only one hunting the desperate father. Robert Pruitt, a shady and mercurial man nursing a years-old vendetta, is also determined to find Wade and claim his due.

Narrated by a trio of alternating voices, This Dark Road to Mercy is a story about the indelible power of family and the primal desire to outrun a past that refuses to let go.

Loved this book!

This was a really great story and the narration was wonderful. I couldn’t stop listening and love the ending. I read that others weren’t pleased with the way it ended but I thought it was great. Whoever did the narration for Easter was absolutely wonderful. I highly recommend this book and I

Worth 2 credits

I really enjoyed this book. Being in Charlotte made listening even better as I recognized some of the place.

A very fine book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes: Gripping story, with complex, imperfect characters.

What other book might you compare This Dark Road to Mercy to and why?

A land more kind than home, Mr. Cash's first book: A book about failed fatherhood told from multiple first person narrators.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The female reader for the female protagonist lends nice tone and subtlety.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Nope.

Any additional comments?

Nice work again from Mr. Cash. A very fine book.

great book. great author. great performances.

its just great. i am going to listen to all of wiley cash's books after having heard this one. fantastic.

Great listening

Intriguing and loved the voices! The writer really did agreat job in making you fall for a character!