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Razorblade Tears
by S. A. Cosby
Anthony Award · 2022 · WinnerEdgar Award · 2022 · ShortlistGold Dagger · 2022 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Award for Best Novel | 2022 | Winner | “Cosby's second Anthony win came for a powerful novel of fathers, grief, and vengeance that confronted homophobia and racism with equal unflinching honesty.” |
| Edgar Award (Best Novel) | 2022 | Shortlist | |
| Gold Dagger Award | 2022 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Two ex-convicts—one Black, one white—are forced to confront their own prejudices when their sons, who were married to each other, are brutally murdered, and they team up to find the killers.
About the Author
S.A. Cosby is an American crime fiction author from Gloucester County, Virginia, known for his hardboiled crime novels set in the American South. He is one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary crime fiction, praised for his kinetic prose, complex characters, and unflinching depictions of race, class, and violence in rural Virginia. Read more →
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