Bøger af S. A. Cosby

A page-turning, provocative revenge thriller and a redemptive tale of knotty southern noir, this is crime writing at its very best.

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. After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. Now, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts, prevent outright panic, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up backroads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers. For a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South, that's no easy feat. But Charon is Titus's home and his heart, and he won't let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him...

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby's debut novel My Darkest Prayer is republished in a new edition, with a new introduction from the author."e;S.A. Cosby's reissued debut thriller proves he was a master from the start...Cosby has in three books emerged as one of the genre's best living practitioners...its reissue is a brilliant idea."e; -Los Angeles Times"e;I handle the bodies."e;Whether it's working at his cousin's funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marine and sheriff's deputy, Nathan has built a reputation in his small Southern town as a man who can help when all other avenues have been exhausted. When a beloved local minister is found dead, his parishioners ask Nathan to make sure the death isn't swept under the rug.What starts out as an easy payday soon descends into a maze of mayhem filled with wannabe gangsters, vicious crime lords, porn stars, crooked police officers, and a particularly treacherous preacher and his mysterious wife. Nathan must use all his varied skills and some of his wit to navigate the murky waters of small town corruption even as dark secrets of his own threaten to come to the surface."e;[A] colorful tale of small-town corruption...[Cosby's] powerful storytelling skills shine through."e;-Washington Post

The Fast Women and Neon Lights anthology is a wild romp of short stories inspired by eighties culture, crime, neo-noir movies, as well as the wacky, over-the-top eighties style and aesthetic. These eighteen crime short stories have something for all fans of 1980's nostalgia. Campy, emotional, and often hilarious, these 80's pop culture tales, written by some of today's top crime, noir, and mystery fiction authors will disturb you, make you laugh, and most of all, keep you highly entertained! Get ready for Cobra Kai, valley girls, Air Jordan heist stories, professional wrestlers brushing up with WWF greats, female wrestlers, Oingo Boingo-noir stories, cocaine cowboys, Crockett and Tubbs, and much more. The finest mystery short stories anthology to come along since the last time you did The Safety Dance. Fans of classic movies like Heat, Thief, basically anything from Michael Mann won't want to miss this. Get your fill of eighties culture and load up on all the eighties nostalgia you can handle while celebrating the inimitable 80's neo-noir style with Fast Women and Neon Lights!