The Red Road

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Historical fiction set in the 1930's. When Jim McGinn is killed on a dark country road, his family struggles with moving on or getting their own form of justice. At twenty-years old, Alder never asked to be the man of the house, life just happened. He was the oldest of twelve to a widowed Irish mother. Now he is being torn between his conscience and the will of his family to seek revenge. In 1933 Depression stricken, Maine, life was hard for most people and the McGinns were no exception. Now faced with tragedy, they will have to come together to move past the heartbreak.In the dying days of prohibition one family thrives by seizing every opportunity to add to their fortune at the expense of others misfortune. The Moreland family believes it lives above the law, and their actions won't have consequences.When the two family's lives crash together, a struggle ensues. Only the power of family can lead from tragedy to triumph.