All the Sinners Bleed
Titus Crown is a former FBI agent who returns home and becomes the first Black sheriff of Charon County, Virginia. When a beloved teacher is shot dead and the young man who killed him is gunned down by Titus's own deputies, the case cracks open a horror buried in the county for years: a serial killer who has been murdering children and hiding behind a respectable face. As Titus digs, he runs into a racist past that will not stay buried, a far-right group demanding a Confederate parade, and a secret of his own. S.A. Cosby delivers a dark Southern crime novel about justice, faith, and the violence woven into a place.
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The first Black sheriff of a small Virginia county hunts a serial killer hiding in plain sight, while old wounds and the town's racist history close in around him.
Yes. Stephen King reviewed it for The New York Times, calling it fresh and exhilarating and a clear step forward for Cosby's writing.
No. It is a standalone novel, like his earlier books Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears.
All the Sinners Bleed was written by S.A. Cosby, published in 2023 by Flatiron Books.
All the Sinners Bleed is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, All the Sinners Bleed takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
All the Sinners Bleed is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
