Titus Crowne returned to his hometown after a career with the FBI. He is now the first Black sheriff of Charon County. Crime in the county has been relatively uneventful until a popular schoolteacher is shot by one of his former students. Deputies take down the shooter after he charges them. As Titus and his deputies search through the teacher's personal computer and phone, they uncover unspeakable crimes against children perpetrated by masked killers. Titus knows the killer is not a drifter. It is someone who lives in the community. Someone who has been preying on kids and getting away with it for years.
This is another winner from S.A. Cosby. You can always depend on this author to bring you a powerful, thought-provoking, unforgettable story. Titus is a fantastic character. I felt like I knew him after only a few pages. There are lots of characters in this story, but I had no problem following the story and keeping everything straight.
I listened to the audiobook. Adam Lazarre-White does an outstanding job with the narration. I highly recommend this book! My rating: 5 Stars.
This is another winner from S.A. Cosby. You can always depend on this author to bring you a powerful, thought-provoking, unforgettable story. Titus is a fantastic character. I felt like I knew him after only a few pages. There are lots of characters in this story, but I had no problem following the story and keeping everything straight.
I listened to the audiobook. Adam Lazarre-White does an outstanding job with the narration. I highly recommend this book! My rating: 5 Stars.
I have read and enjoyed Cosby's previous novels BLACKTOP WASTELAND and RAZORBLADE TEARS. These were both really edgy, gritty novels dealing with the struggles of blacks and the prejudices that are still prevalent today. ALL THE SINNERS BLEED is another very gritty novel about a black sheriff, Titus Crown, in Charon County, Virginia, who gets involved in the hunt for a very disturbed and nasty serial killer after a well-liked school teacher is killed by a former black student. This leads to a search of the teacher's cell phone which reveals some very depraved photos of young black children being abused and murdered. But the photos also show another person involved dressed in black and wearing a wolf mask. So who is this person and will Titus and his deputies be able to stop him before he kills again?
This was another good novel from Cosby; however, I didn't enjoy it as much as the first two novels I read by him. This one was similar to many other serial killer novels with Titus struggling to identify the killer who is living among the citizens of Charon. Titus also had to deal with a group of far-right racists who want to honor the Confederacy and another group who oppose them which adds to Cosby's recurring theme of racial prejudices still being prevalent 160 years after the end of the Civil War. Although this one was a little bit of a let down for me, I'm sure I'll be reading more of Cosby in the future.
This was another good novel from Cosby; however, I didn't enjoy it as much as the first two novels I read by him. This one was similar to many other serial killer novels with Titus struggling to identify the killer who is living among the citizens of Charon. Titus also had to deal with a group of far-right racists who want to honor the Confederacy and another group who oppose them which adds to Cosby's recurring theme of racial prejudices still being prevalent 160 years after the end of the Civil War. Although this one was a little bit of a let down for me, I'm sure I'll be reading more of Cosby in the future.
