New York Times bestselling and LA Times Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby is back with a new novel about the first Black sheriff in a small Southern town , and his hunt for a killer.
After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and corn bread, fistfights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires Titus to run for sheriff. He wins and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county.
Then, a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies.
Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.
Now Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts, prevent outright panic, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish--all while breaking up backroad bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers.
For a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South, that's no easy feat. But Charon is Titus's home and his heart, and he won't let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 1250831911
Item Weight: 1.2 lbs
Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"On the basis of four novels, each better than the last (and All the Sinners Bleed the best of them all), it's fairly easy to say that American crime fiction has found its future and his name is S.A. Cosby." --Dennis Lehane, bestselling author of Small Mercies
Select prior praise for S. A. Cosby: "Cosby's prose is vibrant and inventive, his action exuberant and relentless. . . You may come for the setup, but you'll stay for the storytelling." --New York Times Book Review
"Provocative, violent--beautiful and moving, too. . . One of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction." --Washington Post
"A visceral full-body experience, a sharp jolt to the heart, and a treat for the senses…Addictive, arresting entertainment. Cosby's high-octane drama cements his ascension as a prince of the literary action thriller." --NPR
"A tour de force--poignant, action-packed, and profound." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Superb." --Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"An action-packed story that starts strong and accelerates. . . Combines the best of thought-provoking fiction, character studies, and hard-charging action." --South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Stunningly poignant and brutally profound novel. . . propelled by furious action and two incredibly authentic and compelling main characters." --Minneapolis Star Tribune
S. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears, which won two ITW Thriller Awards and was named to more than thirty Best of the Year lists, and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was a New York Times Notable Book named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others.
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