Description

The new novel from the awardwinning author of RAZORBLADE TEARS and BLACKTOP WASTELAND perfect for fans of Don Winslow and Attica Locke

A Black sheriff A serial killer
And a small town ready to combust

Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County Virginia In recent decades Charon has had only two murders After years of working as an FBI agent no one knows better than Titus that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine cornbread and honeysuckle secrets always fester under the surface

But a year to the day after Tituss election a school teacher is killed by a former student The student is then fatally shot by Tituss 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 killers possible connections to a local church and the towns harrowing history weighing on him Titus tries to project 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 farright group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the towns Confederate history

Charon is Tituss home and his heart But where faith and violence meet there will be a reckoning

Praise for S A Cosby

S A Cosby is not only the future of crime fiction but of any fiction where the words are strong the characters are strong and the story has a resonance that cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our time MICHAEL CONNELLY

Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voiceadd S A Cosby to that list STEVE CAVANAGH

Sensationally good LEE CHILD

I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND STEPHEN KING

Stunning Cant remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel MARK BILLINGHAM

S A Cosby is a welcome refreshing new voice in crime literature DENNIS LEHANE

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