BOOK REVIEW: All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby
REVIEW:
This is my first book by this author and it won't be my last. After being called to an active shooter situation at the local high school, Sheriff Titus discovers that there is only 1 victim and the shooter tells him that the beloved teacher he killed is actually a monster before committing suicide by cop.
Digging deeper Titus finds a long history of racism and violence, dead bodies of young men and women of color and a ringleader still on the loose.
I really enjoyed this book with its eye on history and racism in the United States. The reasoning behind some if not all of the confederate statues and how evil hides in plain sight. Dysfunctional families and the attempt to heal them is also a key theme. Overall this police procedural mystery by a fantastic black author is worth your time. I'm glad I stumbled upon it when I fell for the cover on bookstagram. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author. Any recommendations on which on to choose next?
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Publisher: Flatiron
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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.
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