All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby
A Review By: AT
A Black sheriff. A serial killer.
A small town ready to combust.
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).
Review Notes:
Audio Book Publication Year: 2023
An installment in a Series? No
Narrator (s): Adam Lazarre-White
A small town crime thriller done right!
The book hangover I’m currently experiencing is REAL!
With All the Sinners Bleed, Cosby has solidified his place on my list of favorite authors. This story is heartfelt and disturbingly human. Gritty and timely, it held me from the first word to the last. He characters are well fleshed out and the tale is extremely visual. Lazarre-White was masterful in his narration and is instrumental in the fact that I miss these characters and this story. Might have to run it back, or perhaps, I’ll just move on to my next Cosby project. Highly recommended!
Reading Recommendation? Yes!
Rating: NORTH STAR RATING
Content Warnings? Human or animal loss, Physical abuse/violence, Sexual abuse/violence
