Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel

"Blacktop Wasteland is a powerful read full of racial commentary that looks at what it means to be Black in Appalachia – Black people are a big part of Appalachian culture, but rural noir hasn’t done a great job of presenting that. This novel does, and that makes it a necessary, timely read. It’s also a galloping thriller that explores the ways in which crime is often inevitable – and sometimes just too good to pass up. With great dialogue and enough horsepower to make Evel Knievel smile, Blacktop Wasteland moves forward at breakneck speed and establishes S.A. Cosby as a crime writer to watch."