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Blacktop Wasteland

by S.A. Cosby
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
★ 8.00 / 1
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Beauregard "Bug" Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known - from North Carolina to the beaches of Florida - as the best getaway driver on the East Coast. Just like his father, who disappeared many years ago.

After a series of financial calamities (worsened by the racial prejudices of the small town he lives in) Bug reluctantly takes part in a daring diamond heist to solve his money troubles - and to go straight once and for all. However, when it goes horrifically wrong, he's sucked into a grimy underworld which threatens everything, and everyone, he holds dear . . .

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ThrillerMysteryCrime FictionSuspense Thriller
Release date: July 14, 2020
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S.A. Cosby

S.A. Cosby

S.A. Cosby is the New York Times national best selling award-winning author from Southeastern Virginia. His books include MY DARKEST PRAYER, Blacktop Wasteland, Amazon's #1 Mystery and Thriller of the Year and #3 Best Book of 2020 overall, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Winner of the LA Times Book Award for Mystery or Thrillers and a Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist and the winner of the ITW award for hard cover book of the year, the Macavity for best novel of the year, the Anthony, The Barry , a honorable mention from the ALA Black Caucus and was a finalists for the CWA Golden Dagger. He is also author of the best selling RAZORBLADE TEARS which was also nominated for numerous awards as well 

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His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, and his story "Slant-Six" was selected as a Distinguished Story in Best American Mystery Stories for 2016. His short story "The Grass Beneath My Feet" won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story in 2019. His writing has been called "gritty and heartbreaking" and "dark, thrilling and tragic" and "raw ,emotional and profound " 

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04/23/2026
Brian H avatar
Brian H
982 books, 26 reviews, 19 posts
★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8 / 10

The book held my interest, not sure if the main character would live or die, whether his wife would leave him, whether his family would survive, or whether he would stick with the life of crime.  So, while I liked the book, I am conflicted at the end of the book whether I liked the main character with all his criminal activities.

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