This Dark Road to Mercy

Gold Dagger Award · 2014 · Winner

William MorrowJanuary 21, 2014mystery-crimeISBN 9780062224040

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Gold Dagger Award	2014	Winner	“Wiley Cash's Southern thriller won for its moral complexity, its authentic Appalachian voices, and its ability to make a summer of baseball and violence feel mythically American.”

About This Book

Two sisters in foster care are snatched by the father they never knew, pursued by a vengeful bounty hunter, as Mark McGwire's record-breaking summer of 1998 forms the backdrop for this tense crime novel.

About the Author

Wiley CashUS

Wiley Cash is an American literary crime fiction author from North Carolina. He won the CWA Gold Dagger for This Dark Road to Mercy (2014). His novels are set in the American South and explore themes of family, violence, and regional identity. Read more →