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The title was highlighted as an ingenious, gritty noir set in a struggling Virginia town, featuring a financially savvy antihero battling a local gang while dealing with family tragedy. Maureen Corrigan and Tanya Mosley both praised its raw, violent style and said they couldn’t stop reading it. Their comments emphasized the novel’s inventive plot and compelling darkness, indicating strong endorsement.
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Corrigan called it an ingenious noir set in the Virginia town of Jefferson Run, where a financially savvy antihero battles a local gang while navigating family tragedy.
Restraint is not a hallmark of S.A. Cosby's crime fiction. His writing is rough, raw, and violent. King of Ashes, Cosby's latest novel, is set in the Virginia town of Jefferson Run, which, like Abbott's Detroit, has seen better days. Once a manufacturing hub where mason jars were made, the town is now ruled by a gang called the Black Baron Boys. Roman Carruthers, our antihero, uses his financial knowhow to try to save his family while plotting the gang's annihilation.
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Restraint is not a hallmark of S.A. Cosby's crime fiction. His writing is rough, raw, and violent. King of Ashes, Cosby's latest novel, is set in the Virginia town of Jefferson Run ... I warn you, that crematory gets put to use a lot. But King of Ashes is so ingenious, neither grit nor gore could make me stop reading it.