Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby
Fiction
Why you should read it: For the adrenaline-rush heart-pumping story that’s also a nuanced and emotional examination of masculinity and father/son relationships. Beauregard “Bug” Montage is a former wheelman turned garage owner who takes one last job to pull himself and his family out of poverty, but it doesn't go as carefully planned. This fast-paced, heart-pounding, and violent heist-gone-wrong thriller is backed up by strong, likeable, yet flawed characters forced into heartbreaking situations. Winner of the 2021 Anthony Award.
Reviewers say: “A superb work of crime fiction, uncompromisingly noir but deeply human, too, much like Lou Berney's November Road” (Booklist); “A high-octane, white-knuckle thriller that will have readers whipping through the pages at breakneck speed” (Bookpage); “The epic, jaw-dropping chase sequences that figure prominently are reason alone to read this pedal-to-the-metal but profoundly sorrowful novel” (Publisher’s Weekly).
About the author: S.A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning author from southeastern Virginia. He works at J. K. Redmond Funeral Home, but works less hours now that his second novel, Razorblade Tears, debuted at number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list.
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