Action packed and brutal, Redemption Road wastes no time dropping the reader into the heart of a town brimming with resentments, secrets and a particularly twisted unsolved murder. The author did a fantastic job of relating multiple layered storylines that dovetailed pretty nicely without seeming in the least contrived or forced. It was also very nicely paced, if just a bit overly drawn out in the final stretch, but that may have been my impatience to find out all of the answers. 
 I listened to this on audiobook and though the main protagonist is a woman, there was a male narrator. His slightly gritty voice and gruff tone worked well for most of the book, but many of the female characters came off sounding weak and resigned. This could have been the result of the narrator just trying to soften his voice but I'm certain it would have "read" much differently. 
 Just an FYI, this book deals with a lot of heavy issues including abduction, rape and torture. The description of these events are not so graphic that it overpowers the story, but there are multiple sections of the book involving them. 
 Well written, taut and suspenseful, Redemption Road was definitely worth the listen. 
 My thanks to Macmillan and Goodreads for my audiobook which I won as a part of Goodreads Giveaways!