The risk: when an author who knocks your socks off with one book writes another.

I adored RAZORBLADE TEARS and raved so much that my IRL book club wanted to read it, too. It was our favorite book of the year. There was gore and violence, but it was balanced with solid relationships, forgiveness, and insight. There was even some humor (hi, Buddy Lee) to break up the darkness with sparks of laughter. I still tear up when describing how these two fathers overcame their bone-deep prejudice and became friends.

But then, the new book. It tells the story of a Black sheriff hunting down a serial killer in the American South. Despite the fantastic audiobook narrator (“Honeyed Gravel”), it was too gruesome for me as a reader. I know other trusted reviewers loved this one, so please accept my review as a personal opinion.

While compelling and fast-paced, the story is very dark, with little reprieve and lots of murder, torture, racism, and bigotry. The violence was incredibly disgusting torture - most to children, though Crosby doesn’t describe that (phew!), but he doesn’t hold back when it’s an adult corpse.

I missed the heart I felt in RAZORBLADE TEARS. Despite solid relationships with his father and girlfriend, Sheriff Crowne seems to be a loner. He doesn’t lean on anyone but himself keeps his thoughts and feelings to himself, and solves the case…by himself. I would have enjoyed more friendships and camaraderie.

I wouldn't be so critical if I’d read this before RT. I will certainly pick up his next book without hesitation.

Thanks, NetGalley and MacMillan Audio, for an Advanced Listening Copy of ALL THE SINNERS BLEED. US Pub Date: 6 Jun 23

I loved this novel. This Southern noir was dark, grizzly and suspenseful to be sure, but it also probed complex issues of race. Superb.

S.A. Cosby is a brilliant author. The fleshing out of Cosby's characters makes me feel as if I could recognize them on the street. He successfully weaves violence, suffering, and despair with small pieces of Southern charm and humor to carry you through. This was a very HEAVY novel. And parts of it took my breath away.

"That was the thing about violence, it didn't always wait for an invitation. Sometimes it saw a crack in the dam and then it flooded the whole valley."

Adam Lazarre-White is an exceptional narrator, perfectly matched.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

Wow… what a nail biter this thriller is.

So thankful I was able to listen to the audiobook before release date.

Once again S.A. Cosby does not disappoint. After reading and enjoying Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, I absolutely had to grab All The Sinners Bleed.

This is another captivating, thrilling and exciting story. It’s graphic at times but the writing is done so well and the way the story is told, as a reader I just didn’t want to put it down.
This author is very talented. I’ll read anything he writes.

I enjoyed the story in this one, but I would encourage everyone to look up the trigger warnings before reading.

Titus is a black man and sheriff in a small southern town that is still plagued by racism. The book starts out with a school shooting, and the only person killed is a teacher beloved by all. The shooter is a former student and was known as a good kid. As they begin to investigate the case, something incredibly sinister emerges. The sheriff's department is on the hunt for one more man who was involved in the torturous behavior.

The writing is good and will keep you engaged. My only disappointment was that I felt the ending was rushed. Throughout the whole book, we are waiting to find out the identity of the last person involved. When we find out who it is, unless I missed something, it seems to be a new character who didn't play a part in the rest of the book, and then it is just a showdown at the end.

Overall, I enjoyed the book and would like to thank Flatiron books for an advanced audio copy.

I heard S.A Cosby had a new book and I jumped on Netgalley and requested it asap. It was such a great audiobook! It’s totally what you expect from this phenomenal author. I felt like I was watching a movie! The characters and plot were well developed and the twists and turns were revealed at the perfect time. I was hooked the entire way through and totally binged this book!

Titus Crowne is the Charon County Sheriff. As a Black man, he thought becoming Sheriff would help make a difference in his community that worships Confederate statues, but the day of the school shooting challenges everything. A boy kills a teacher, and then deputies kill him. What should’ve been an open and shut case turns out to be much more sinister. The boy, the teacher, and a third party were involved in a bigger plot that rocks Charon County, and all the while small town politics, religious differences, and racism are still rampant. S.A. Cosby has weaved an intricate story that will keep readers engaged until the very end, and Adam Lazarre-White as the audiobook narrator brings Cosby’s characters to life. Titus is a flawed yet relatable main character, and the setting is ominous yet familiar for readers from small towns. Readers will be kept guessing, and they will be pleased with all of the surprises throughout. Highly recommend.

This was a fantastic read. It was realistic, even though some parts were hard to read. The narrator did an amazing job.

4.5 ⭐️
Adam Lazarre-White is the perfect choice to narrate S.A. Cosby’s novels. He really brings the characters to life!
(Although, it did feel like All The Sinners Bleed had more minor characters than in Blacktop Wasteland or Razorblade Tears and I did have a harder time keeping track of who was who.)
While this book is definitely a thriller with at few gory scenes to make you gag, (the item in the box… 🤮) it’s mostly about how Titus deals with everything being thrown at him unrelated to the main plot. You’ve got an ex-lover showing up, small town politics, questionable clergy, as well as micro aggressions and blatant racism.

Thanks to NetGalley for the audiobook to review.

Really enjoyed the narrator. The book started off as a ripped from the headlines thriller. As a teacher, school shootings are on my mind a lot. I appreciated so much of the writing and getting inside Titus’s head. Once it was revealed there was a serial killer in the town, I was hooked but it ultimately lost me somewhere and I can’t figure out where that was. I enjoyed much of the story but was underwhelmed by the ending. 3.5 stars

Whew. This one tackled a LOT. Usually, trying to do too much creates a disaster. This was NOT the case. The author seamlessly wove together a story about a school shooting, politics, race tensions, a serial killer, romantic entanglements, etc...

We start with a school shooting- with only two casualties- a beloved teacher and a gunman. But quickly, they discover the beloved teacher is not who they think he was. He was a pedophile, but he had an accomplice. New sheriff, Titus Crowne, is the first black sheriff ever elected in his county. He is former FBI, which is a good thing since he soon has a killer to find.

This was fast paced and did not slow down.

The audiobook is narrated by Adam Lazarre-White, who does a great job.

I received an audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

I requested this one because it might be an upcoming title I would like to review on my Youtube Channel. However, after reading the first several chapters I have determined that this book does not suit my tastes. So I decided to DNF this one.

WOW! S.A. Cosby does it again! I want to know what goes on inside this man's mind to churn out these amazing stories! I normally don't read too many police procedural books, but this was so much more than that. I was hooked from the very beginning and all the way through the end! I can't wait to see what is next from this brilliant mind!

Narration was amazingly on point as well! I would highly recommend this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

4.5⭐️

I have heard so many rave reviews about Razorblade Tears, but not read it that I couldn’t resist reading this as soon as I got a chance. I’ll start by saying that I’m not the biggest fan of books set in the US South.

I had the audiobook narrated by Adam Lazzare White. He has a pleasant deep slightly gravely tone. The narrator doesn’t have a Southern drawl, but uses it sparingly for minor characters which gives a feel for the location. I love his tone, he does an excellent job. I want to listen to more of his work.

Titus is the first black sherif in the history of Charon County, college educated and formerly an FBI agent he’s no country hick cop.

It starts with a high school shooting, with a former troubled student shooting a beloved teacher.

I love Titus, he’s open, caring, fair wanting all the answers before drawing a conclusion. He must face what it means being a Black man in a police uniform in the American South.

In his writing Cosby uses a lot of sayings, which I loved, some made me chuckle. He certainly has a way with words, it’s descriptive without being wordy, sometimes it even feels poetic. It’s quite gritty.

I loved this book, the narrator added to it for me. I highly recommend this.

<3 Like all his other novels, I #audiobooked, this DID NOT DISAPPOINT. When is someone going to do a film/tv adaption of this man's novels?! Its gory, bloody, violent, thriller filled and action packed. I was looking for a different ending but it was a dope experience from beginning to completion. Be sure to pick it up when it is released on June 6th! <3
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The narrator is one of the best parts of this book. All the Sinners Bleed is the second book I’ve read by S.A. Crosby. After this he is an auto-buy for me. While this novel also tackles heavy topics like grief, race, and small town culture - this was not as violent as Razorblade Tears. It definitely had some gruesome elements, but again - you are hoping that something turns out well for these characters.

S. A. Cosby is an auto-buy author for me. I have read 3 of his books and can't get enough. Every time I read a new one, I'm always afraid it won't be as good as the last. Thankfully, that never turns out to be true.

Titus Crowne is the first Black sheriff in a rural Virginia town where the Klan's roots still run deep. He's a former FBI agent who has recently returned home to keep an eye on his widowed father and his estranged brother. He's good at his job and works hard to bring equal justice to his hometown.

The book begins with the murder of a beloved white high school teacher. He was killed by a troubled Black man who was a former student. As Titus begins investigating the murder, he quickly discovers that the teacher wasn't so worthy of all of the praise he received over the years. Titus also discovers a string of dead Black teenagers whose murders he's sure are linked to this case. Can he solve this case before more lives are lost?

Titus Crowne and his father are lovable characters despite the grittiness and terror that surround them in this book.

The audiobook is narrated by Adam Lazarre-White whose voice I could listen to forever and never grow tired of!

Huge thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for a review copy of the audiobook.

I was thrilled to recieve an advance listening copy of SA Cosby's "All the Sinners Bleed" thanks to the published and NetGalley, Audiobooks are my preferred consumption of fiction and this book did not disappoint. There is intrique, mystery, redemption, love, and family all wrapped up in the drama of a small town and its secrets. It is violent and there is a lot of social justice scenarios but the storyline is good and it kept be guessing right until the end. A quick listen but many memorable phrases.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of S. A. Cosby’s newest (audio) book. I am a huge fan of his work, and found myself unable to stop listening to this book until it was through. The emotional depth, vivid description, and the quality of vocabulary hurtles you exactly to rural Virginia where you immediately become a part of the culture in town. I felt like I became each character and felt their grief as the story unfolded. Cosby’s use of metaphor and biblical allusion reaches unbelievable depths of understanding as each of the characters battle with god and with race. I am left with much to think about and perspectives I had not previously considered. The dark, heavy presence of evil fills the reader as we seek to find who is behind all of the violence. This book is not a read for the faint of heart: There are numerous, graphic descriptions of violence, death, and mutilation throughout. However, I think the overarching theme of good vs. evil and man’s search for faith make these descriptions necessary as a parallel to the hope and peace that forgiveness and letting go of anger against god & man can bring. I would highly recommend this book is added next in queue of your to be read list!

One year to the day after Titus Crown is elected the first black sheriff of Charon County, Virginia, a beloved school teacher is killed by a former student, When Crown and his deputies go to arrest the shooter, he tries to flee and is killed. Crown is a former FBI agent and by-the-book sheriff who demands a thorough investigation of the incident. This leads him to discover that there is much more to the story that just the killing of the teacher - there is another person involved in what is a dark and disturbing scenario of the abuse and death of children. The story details Titus working his way through the case while at the same time facing some of the challenges in his role as sheriff in a small, rural southern town as well as his family and his girlfriend. This is the second book I have read (listened to) by Cosby - he does an excellent job of character development while keeping the pace of the story moving. Cosby weaves in the current themes of racial tension and social injustice without slowing down the story (I prefer reading books that don’t try to push the many controversial issues of the day, and this book doesn’t dwell on them). I am reviewing this title as an audiobook thanks to MacMillan Audio and NetGalley. As with any other audiobook, the narrator is key and Adam Lazarre-White does an excellent job.