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    All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel
    All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel
    All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel
    Audiobook13 hours

    All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel

    Written by S. A. Cosby

    Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White

    4.5/5

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    Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense!

    "Lazarre-White masterfully portrays people of multiple races, old and young. He also delivers Cosby's reflections on family, grief, and faith with genuine introspection and without distracting from the tense plotlines...This is a gripping, timely tale—beautifully told." —AudioFile (Earphones Award winner)

    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.” —The Washington Post.

    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).

    A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

    Editor's Note

    Acclaimed…

    The acclaimed crime writer who brought us propulsive hits like “Blacktop Wasteland” and “Razorblade Tears” returns with a new noir Publishers Weekly calls “easily the author’s strongest work to date.” A fatal school shooting leads Sheriff Titus Crowne into a complex web of racially motivated crime, forcing him to reckon with his role as a Black law enforcement officer in the American South. Narrator Adam Lazarre-White brings Cosby’s work to life once again, building tension in all the right ways.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 6, 2023
    ISBN9781250897626
    Author

    S. A. Cosby

    S. A. Cosby is a New York Times bestselling writer from southeastern Virginia. He is the author of All the Sinners Bleed, which was on more than forty Best of the Year lists, including Barack Obama’s, as well as Edgar Award finalist Razorblade Tears and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Blacktop Wasteland. He has also won the Anthony Award, ITW Thriller Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award, BCALA Award, and Audie Award and has been longlisted for the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.

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    Reviews for All the Sinners Bleed

    4.5/5

    487 ratings45 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a suspenseful and thrilling murder mystery novel. The story is well-written with strong character development. The narrator's performance is highly praised. While some readers found it slow-paced and lacking a big surprise, overall, it is a great story that keeps readers engaged from start to finish. The book explores social commentary and straddles the line between crime fiction and horror. It is a dark and gritty read with a touch of sadness and cruelty. Highly recommended for those who enjoy intense and emotional stories.

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    • 5/5
      Wow!!! Amazing!!!! Mr. Cosby has done it again, thank you so much for another amazing book.
    • 5/5
      Black Sheriff of a small town where a series of murders of black children has occurred. Having deal with age old racism in town where some of the white residents have never left the civil war era, and monitoring his small inadequate but loyal staff, dealing with the death of his mother and trying to forget one of the most terrible times of his life, has sheriff Titus holding on by a mental thread.

      I won’t spoil it for other readers, but the clincher of the novel is a secret held by one of the town’s most prominent citizens. All the while Titus has to deal with an unraveling relationship with his girlfriend Darlene, while warding off feelings for an old girlfriend who has come to town to do a story.

      I highly recommend this novel, especially the audio version.

      Narrator Adam-Lazzare-White has a suburb voice and lends a wonderful flair with his change of voices.
    • 5/5
      None of the books I've read by S. A. Cosby are cozy. All The Sinners Bleed has descriptive violent murders and horrific harm done to children yet I did not come away with the thought that these were gratuitous. The book opens with a shooting at a school in which a teacher is killed and the suspect is shot by a deputy. Both die. The Sheriff, Titus Crown, who worked many years with the FBI, is the first Black man to hold this position in Charon County, VA. Charon was a quiet district, having only had two murders in many years so this is an unusual happening in this peaceful county. The tension soon ramps up with all heck breaking loose as Titus finds the school shooting has a connection to several hidden graves and the serial killer murders of several black children. Titus is tasked with finding out how this all comes together, and who the man or men are behind both incidents. Though a difficult read due to subject, I couldn't put this fast paced thriller down in its audio edition. The narration by Adam Lazzare-White is superior. He seamlessly changes the voices of each character, projects the right emotional tone to both the calm and storm of the plot. It kept me walking past my usual forty minutes. The written and narrated imagery was better than watching a movie. I have to wonder if this will become a streaming series.
    • 5/5
      All around 5⭐️’s. All the perfect words in all the perfect places.
    • 5/5
      Such an amazing storyline. Had me hooked after a few minutes.
    • 4/5
      Gritty, crime mystery thriller about a black elected sheriff who must find a killer of black children and keep the racial tension in the small town in Virginia.
    • 5/5
      An excellent and gripping story that was also dark. I loved every minute of it.
    • 5/5
      Latest tour-de-force production of this power duo. Each book (and audio version) gets better and the high bar was already in the stratosphere. WOW.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic story! Very descriptive writing! I would listen to Adam Lazarre White narrate all day long!!
    • 5/5
      This is not second-hand, B-level schlock. S.A. Cosby is a master fiction writer, keeping it real with rich poetry and psychological insights into his characters insights worthy of Leo Tolstoy. He throws in a piece of art in almost every other sentence, an insight into culture and trauma and keeping going with ethics but pure reality. Some of the ugly tortuous stuff to kids was a bit much, but his flawed protagonist/hero truly had a beating heart, some bad add physical skills, and a mind of savvy and depth, and he cares, but he has all the side thoughts as the worst within yourselves. True artistry.
    • 5/5
      Complex, deep characters, beautifully written, great story. Highly recommend! Loved the narration.
    • 5/5
      This was an excellent book it kept me on the edge of my seat.
    • 5/5
      S.A. Cosby NEVER disappoints, and the narration by Adam Lazarre-White is always superb! I thoroughly enjoyed the writing style and the way the story unfolded. This is an excellent read!
    • 5/5
      Tasting Virginia life including racial issues, still being alive. Loved the accents in the audio book.
    • 4/5
      Good read; you need a strong stomach for this one!
    • 5/5
      I’d read dozens of books about this character, the first blank sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. This is a tsunami of a mystery.

      “Violence is a confession of pain.”

      A beloved white teacher and representative of equality to his white and black students is murdered at a school shooting by a black student. And as shocking as this event is, it’s only the beginning ripping open the secrets and lies festering in the town. The racism it renews & reignites isn’t a surprise, but what comes next is ….for everyone.

    • 5/5
      Was a very good book didn’t want to stop listening.
    • 5/5
      This is a book you can’t put down. It’s was a little creepy and disturbing, but overall I loved it!
    • 5/5
      This book was riveting and had me on the edge of my seat. Each chapter drew me in deeper and deeper I couldn't wait to listen to the next chapter. It was thought provoking and relatable. I loved it! ❤️❤️????
    • 5/5
      This is my first book by this author, and certainly not my last. The writing was so poetic that I sometimes forgot it was a deep south murder mystery. Mixed in with rooted racial issues and the good old Christianity people run to as an excuse. I didn't want to stop reading. This book is a work of art, and most likely, I will end up rereading it again.
    • 5/5
      Very good from start to finish you won’t be disappointed
    • 5/5
      S. A. Cosby has me hooked. The story was a page turner and the narration was excellent.
    • 3/5
      It started out pretty strong but the whining girlfriend almost made me stop. It could have been a great book if he had focused on less characters. It made the story seemed to be all over the place.
    • 5/5
      Such a great writer this story took off in such a fantastic way and it just kept building and building. The author has a magical way of creating characters and a storyline that will have your head spinning trying to figure out how. This author is now an auto buy for me.
    • 3/5
      It was just ok for me. It was slow which makes sense due to the setting being a small town. I just didn’t get a big surprise that I was hoping for. It was a build up for a soft landing.
    • 5/5
      Dark, gritty, and twisted with fantastic poetic writing, great audio performance
    • 5/5
      This was an emotional action packed story. It sucks you in an keeps you there, you can't help but to keep reading, to know the answer to questions at the end of chapters. It's cruel, sad, sadistic, an yet by the end you're just as relieved as Titus. I loved everyrhing about this book
    • 5/5
      Amazing murder mystery novel! Sheriff Titus is a black man who has sworn to serve and protect his home town full of characters and people whom he’s grown with.. although some southern pride of the Antebellum South era still lingers heavy. The deaths of 7 black girls and boys from the town shakes up the community and leaves a blurred line of justice seekers and “protectors.” The story is well written and character development was at a nice and steady pace. Great book and I recommend!
    • 5/5
      I loved it. SA Cosby is a new author for me, first time reading him and I was with him all the way. Thoroughly enjoyed him.
    • 5/5
      Titus struggles with the typical vicissitudes of life for Black men in small southern towns: overt racism, micro-aggressions, proving himself worthy of his position, and the normal life struggles of personal religion, relationships, an elderly parent, and all of that is topped by the emotional struggle that is being a police officer.
      After a seemingly cut and dry border of a beloved teacher by a known drug addict, Titus is thrown into an unimaginable nightmare of a case. The investigation turns up bodies, sickening videos, and fingers pointing in so many directions that the whole town is turned upside down.
      The story is edgy, relatable, relevant, disturbing, and beautifully written.
      S.A. Cosby is true to immaculate form with this one.