THE LATEST PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER FROM MASTER OF THE MORAL DILEMMA AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER JACK JORDAN
Aaron Alexander has just been released from jail after serving eleven years for causing the death of Joshua Moore in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is stay on the straight and narrow and leave his troubled past behind him.
But for Joshua’s mother Evelyn, eleven years in jail isn’t nearly enough. Consumed by grief and rage, she has been waiting for Aaron’s release, counting down the days until she can exact the revenge he deserves. And now that time has come.
But as Evelyn and her husband Tobias embark on a road trip to track Aaron down, they find themselves caught on two different sides of a gripping game of cat-and-mouse. Because Tobias knows what Evelyn is planning, and he will do anything to save her from herself.
Even if it means protecting the man who killed their son.
Locked in a collision course set in motion eleven years ago, Aaron, Evelyn and Tobias are about to find out whether the road they have chosen leads to redemption . . . or to retribution.
Book information: Print length: 381 pages. Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Publication Date: 20 June 2024
My Thoughts:
I absolutely LOVE Jack Jordan. He is one of the nicest people ever and I am so happy for him that he is finally getting the recognition he deserves for his books.
Redemption is his latest book published by Simon & Schuster and I read this alongside 100 members of my Book of The Month Group on Facebook and we all LOVED it.
This is the emotional and heart-breaking story of Evelyn and Tobias Moore. Eleven years ago their only child Joshua was killed by a hit and run driver on his first school outing. He was 9 years old and was left to die on a deserted road alone. Since that tragic day, Evelyn and Tobias have drifted further and further apart, their grief has destroyed their marriage and they are barely surviving. Evelyn is fuelled by anger and hatred towards the man who killed her son and Tobias is trying to save his marriage and protect his wife from herself.
When Aaron Alexander, the young man who killed Joshua is released from jail, all he wants is to start his life afresh having served his prison sentence, however Evelyn won’t let that happen and she is on a mission to hunt him down and kill him.
I’m not going to say much more, except this is a really fast-paced story with lots of action, lots of violence, lots of heartache and lots of emotion.
The three main characters of Evelyn, Tobias and Aaron are all fascinating, flawed and fully believable. The grief and guilt oozed from the pages and my own feelings towards them changed from chapter to chapter.
With the backdrop of San Diego and through the Nevada desert, this is an atmospheric story which could be amazing if it was to be made into a film as the story is such a rollercoaster of emotions, tensions and violence.
I definitely recommend this book to lovers of fast paced action thrillers with a huge emotional punch.
