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All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • USA Today Bestseller • Washington Post’s The Twelve Best Thrillers of the Year • TIME’s 100 Must Read Books of the Year • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee • USA Today’s Best Reviewed Books of the Year • BookPage’s Best Mystery of the Year • Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year • New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Cover of the New York Times Book Review • Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List • The Financial Times’s Best Crime Books of the Year • ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Longlist • SIBA’s 2024 Southern Book Prize Finalist • Starred Publishers Weekly • Starred Library Journal • Starred BookPage • Starred Booklist
“Fresh and exhilarating. . . Cosby keeps his eye on the story and the pedal to the metal.” —Stephen King, TheNew York Times Book Review
A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust.
The new novel from New York Times bestselling and Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby, “one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction.” —Washington Post.
“An atmospheric pressure cooker.” —People
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.
Then a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.
With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.
Charon is Titus’s home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning.
Powerful and unforgettable, All the Sinners Bleed confirms S. A. Cosby as “one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction” (The Washington Post).
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All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel
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Original price was: $18.99.$12.99Current price is: $12.99.
Arlene Price –
I loved the way this booked flowed. It captured my attention and was difficult to put down.
I especially liked Cosby’s way of presenting history that gave this deep fried southern gal a perspective that made me really think. I cannot change the past but I sure can learn from it and try to make the future better.
Can’t wait to read more from this author!
Jan D –
Cosby is a very talented writer. His protagonist, Titus Crowne, is very likable and compelling. As the first African-American sheriff in a small Virginia town he is called to a school shooting. The SWAT team kills the young shooter before Titus can talk him down. The youth murdered a beloved teacher, but as Titus explores the case, he find the teacher had a dark side. He and the shooter were part of a three person torture/murder group that killed Black teens. Titus must find the identities of the victims and the third killer. Each possible clue leads to another graphic killing, which i started to skim over because i felt the descriptions too gratuitous. When the killer is finally revealed, I had to reread the solution, because the killer didn’t appear earlier in the book, just clues to his identity. Titus would make a great central character in a series. But the author should tone down the violence and concentrate building better clues and suspects in the plot line.
Amazon Customer –
I enjoyed the style as much as the story. It was a worthwhile read. It is sad to know that the south carries such racism and yet, one can only hope that with time, racism dissipates into the no man’ s land.
Kozzy –
Another wonderful book from the super talented S.A. Cosby. It is a pretty heavy book as far as the subject and story of the book, but it is wonderfully written and well worth a read.
From the great description of the locations, to the great characters, to the fantastic story that is being told, it all had me picturing how these all would look right away.
The basics of the story is that it is about a Sheriff from Charon County Virginia who has to deal with a teacher being shot by a student at a school. It morphs into a story about a Serial Killer being on the loose and so much more. I don’t want to spoil to much so I won’t say to many more details, just that it is so well written and you should check it out.
After I finished the last pages last night I was thinking about everything that went on in the book, but the main characters family, to his lady, to the cops that worked with him, to the nasty stuff that they are investigating (it goes much deeper than just a story about a Serial Killer or a teacher getting shot).
I really would love a TV Show made about this book, even just a mini series of 8 episodes or so would do. It reminded me at times of Season 1 of True Detective (And to be honest, was closer to Season 1 than any of the other later seasons of that show), it really would make a wonderful show, I can already picture certain scenes when big things in the story happy and same goes for the locations and characters, I already have been thinking what they all would look like.
Do yourself a favor and pick up this book, just be warned that it does touch on some very heavy and intense subject matter, so be ready and in the right mind frame. Yes it touches on intense/heavy elements but S.A. Cosby does it all so well and weaves his magic throughout the whole book and does this type of subject matter so very well.
I enjoyed Blacktop Wasteland to and loved this book and have ordered his other stuff, give this extremely talented writer a chance and he will have you turning page after page late into the night, or like me the last few days as I got towards the end, reading while I was eating my dinner, while I was in the washroom and while I was in bed, superb book and I can’t wait to see what this writer has in store for us for his next one.
Richard Goutal –
That Cosby kept my interest is an understatement; thus it certainly was a page turner. Why? The writing was not impaired by confusing flashbacks, or unfinished scenes. The plot rocked with new events seemingly every few pages to create ongoing conflicts and stress for our main character, and on me the reader looking over his shoulder. That’s called “suspense”! There were sub-plots, but they all fit together clearly. For example the preparations for the Fall Festival are mentioned throughout; this was good because it shows how difficult it is for a small law enforcement agency to deal with multiple issues simultaneously – which is realistic. The entire story with all plots and sub-plots were laid out in a straightforward, crystal clear narrative.
The main character was fully developed in many ways, and wow – I cried with him and for him. The author writes with emotional power. I enjoy being apart of it like that, and that raises its value as a book to me. Of course, it helped that I connected strongly with many of his views, especially about churches, and religion generally. I guess it is not a series but I badly want to read more of Titus and his life and adventures. I have read all of Connelly’s books multiple times and feel like I love Harry Bosch like a brother. Of all other law enforcement characters I have read, Titus is stealing my heart.
For certain it is the best of 18 other mystery books I have read this year. A masterpiece for this genre. I give it a 97. (A+)
Anthony J. Vazzano –
The sheriff of his sleepy Chesapeake Bay Virginia town desperately wants to bring a killer to justice. He is balancing persistent community racial fears, personal demons, family tension, etc. The author delves into these with amazing clarity. Descriptions of characters’ emotions, motives, and thoughts are are expressed so well. My only qualms are the horrible ways some of the murders are done. Important in the psychology of the killer, but hard to stomach at times. The sheriff is to be admired for the honorable way he conducts his hunt, and how he deals with the town’s warring factions. The sinners here do indeed bleed. Great read.
LaShawnB –
It is 4am and I simply HAD to finish this book tonight. Anybody else know that feeling?? I am at a loss for the words to express how good this book is. The story felt like one we’ve all heard before, but the author knows how to craft/block a story. There were a few details that seem to be missing from the book and I believe more character development was needed in a couple places, but I’m closing this book at 4am satisfied with the quality of the writing, strong themes, and hopes of an adaptation!
chipstar2011 –
英文は読みにくいがなんとか読んだ。主人公は黒人の警察署長（？）でじわじわと残虐なシリアルキラーを追い詰めていく。あと、脇役で、パトリシアコーンウェルの『検視官』じゃないけど、検視官が登場する。この女性がアジア系でケイスカーペッタとはまた対照的なキャラで興味深かった。
Paul Baker –
Este es uno de esos libros que te hacen preguntarte: “¿Por qué estoy leyendo esto?” Y luchas hasta el final, y sigue empeorando, hasta que termina, y el malo está muerto, y no tienes la más remota idea de por qué hizo todas esas cosas malas, porque acabas de encontrarlo, a 5 páginas del final. La historia es derivada y la prosa es muy pesada. Personalmente, me gusta leer novelas literarias, pero me encanta leer de vez en cuando alguna novela criminal, digamos, de Elmore Leonard, Michael Connelly, Higgens, Mendoza, Camilleri… pero a veces pruebo con algo nuevo, normalmente atraída por un precio bajo y buenas opiniones y, ocasionalmente, todo funciona bien. Pero esta vez, no. Mi más sincero consejo es… evita a este autor.
Victoria Black –
I am an avid reader of mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. I have read everything Patricia Cornwell has written and most of Stephen King’s books. I share that only to state that this author is right up there with both of those authors. I started reading the first few pages and then got distracted with life. It took me a while to get back to reading, but when I did I became ravenous and found it hard to put it down. Well written, sets the scene for the reader, gives the characters in depth personas, and makes you feel like you are there and witnessing the action in person. The lead character was interesting and I found myself rooting from him immediately. I look forward to reading more of this author’s work.
B. Muraca (The Book Rant) –
GET THIS BOOK! Holy Jesus Mary Buddha Muhammad and God this was amazing. You got like Denzel Washington’s Equalizer vs the serial killer from se7evn. It was non stop, sheriff crown is on the case to take down a murderer in his town who is one psychological messed up person. This mystery ties into his southern towns racism and how crown and other citizens overcome it. For my horror friend don’t worry, this isn’t extreme but it’s got some intense details and scenes of the victims. This needs to be made into a movie, because everything about it was perfect imo.
Amazon Customer –
I loved this book. Great story, characters and writing. Could not put it down. Can’t wait to read more from this author. Brilliant !
O.R –
Neben der grundsätzlichen Empfehlung für dieses Buch wäre meine weitere Empfehlung, das Buch im Original zu lesen. Sprachlich auf hohem Niveau lässt der Autor aber im Original auch viel durchscheinen, wie bzw. in welchem Duktus der südliche Teil der USA spricht. Das wird in der Übersetzung zwangsläufig verlieren, mag der Übersetzer auch noch so gut sein.
Sehr gut, ohne besserwisserisch zu erscheinen, kann der Autor den noch immer vorherrschenden Rassismus in USA, speziell in den Südstaaten, vermitteln, den wir so in Deutschland nicht kennen, bei allen Diskussionen um ‘Black Lives Matter’, etc.
Die Story selbst ist sehr gut aufbereit, spannend und ein wahrer Page-Turner. Es bleibt bis zum Schluss nicht klar, wer hinter allem steckt. Die Geschichte des Sheriffs ist auch gut erzählt, gibt Hinweise zu seiner Vergangenheit, die ihn sein lässt, wie er ist, und hinterlässt auch einen glaubwürdigen Abschluss hinsichtlich seiner Zukunft.
Ich war bereits von ‘Razerblade Tears’ begeistert, ‘All Sinners Bleed’ steht dem in nichts nach.
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