*** THE TIMES - THRILLER OF THE MONTH****** MAIL ON SUNDAY - BEST NEW FICTION****** FINANCIAL
TIMES - BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS*** 'A crackling good police procedural....fresh and exhilarating'
STEPHEN KING 'S. A. Cosby's novels always hit the grand slam of crime fiction unstoppable
momentum gripping intrigue and deep character with a hard and telling look at culture and
society' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'Titus Crown is one of the most compelling characters I've read in a
long time.' STEVE CAVANAGH 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 Titus's
election a school teacher is killed by a former student. The student is then 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 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 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. 'Richly textured this is elegant fierce storytelling at its absolute best.'
DAILY MAIL 'A distinctive thrilling new voice in crime writing...will linger long after you've
closed the book' DAILY EXPRESS 'American crime fiction has found its future and his name is
S.A. Cosby' DENNIS LEHANE 'One of the most important new voices in crime fiction. I won't read
a better book this year. Incredible.' M. W. CRAVEN 'A powerful crime thriller that pulls no
punches' VASEEM KHAN 'An uncompromising blistering Southern Gothic with a compelling
beautifully drawn protagonist in Titus Crown. Cosby's writing sings.' MASON CROSS
