1572. All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

 I'm not going to bore anyone with a review of a book that's already been reviewed here on MRB. My partner in crime, West Coast Don, posted a highly complementary review a couple weeks ago. It was the first book by Cosby he had read and I'm betting he's working on finding his earlier titles (all reviewed here by me).

My local public library highlighted what they called 'Grit Lit' books (their play on the Chick Lit genre). Cosby's Razorblade Tears  (a NYT bestseller) was in that list. I've referred to such books as any number of 'noir' titles - redneck noir, country noir, hillbilly noir, but I like Grit Lit.

So add SA Cosby to a list of OUTSTANDING Grit Lit authors I've read that includes Brian Panowich, JD Rhoades, Joe Landsdale, Donald Ray Pollock and some others I can't recall right now. All of those guys are top shelf authors worthy of your time and attention. Cosby, however, has a way of presenting his southern VA stories in an almost elegant way while still keeping the down-dark-dirty-nasty style, this of a serial killer, that sets him apart from other authors. 

He's now the newest member of MRB's world famous power rotation. Not to be missed. 

Seriously. 

SA Cosby is not to be missed. Trust us.

 

East Coast Don