RAZORBLADE TEARS PB – S. A. COSBY

A BLACK FATHER. A WHITE FATHER. TWO MURDERED SONS. A QUEST FOR VENGEANCE. *SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH* * FINANCIAL TIMES CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR* * BARACK OBAMA S SUMMER READING LIST 2022* Superb…Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times. MICHAEL CONNELLY The very definition of a white-knuckle ride IAN RANKIN Ike Randolph left jail fifteen years ago, with not so much as a speeding ticket since. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. Ike is devastated to learn his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah s white husband, Derek. Though he never fully accepted his son, Ike is broken by his death. Derek s father Buddy Lee was as ashamed of Derek being gay as Derek was of his father s criminal past. But Buddy Lee – with seedy contacts deep in the underworld – needs to know who killed his only child. Desperate to do better by them in death than they did in life, two hardened ex-cons must confront their own prejudices about their sons – and each other – as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys. A provocative revenge thriller and an achingly tender story of redemption, this novel is a ferocious portrait of grief; for those loved and lost, and for mistakes than can never truly be undone. Cosby s talents for pungent dialogue and Chandler-esque phrase-making were praised in his previous novel,.. and they re evident again in this pulsating follow-up Sunday Times THRILLER OF THE MONTH A stellar performance Sunday Times Crime Club Cosby s prose barrels along like a pick-up still angry it s not a Ferrari, and his phrase-making is up there with the great artists of noir The Times BEST THRILLERS OF THE MONTH It s a rare trick to combine violence with social commentary, but Cosby pulls it off Daily Mail Raw, powerful and pacey, Razorblade Tears more than fulfils the promise of Cosby s superb debut The Guardian This is as close to a thriller masterpiece as it is possible to ge