Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

Beauregard “Bug” Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hard-working dad. Bug knows there’s no future in the man he used to be: known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best wheelman on the East Coast.

He thought he’d left all that behind him, but as his carefully built new life begins to crumble, he finds himself drawn inexorably back into a world of blood and bullets. When a smooth-talking former associate comes calling with a can’t-miss jewelry store heist, Bug feels he has no choice but to get back in the driver’s seat. And Bug is at his best where the scent of gasoline mixes with the smell of fear.

Haunted by the ghost of who he used to be and the father who disappeared when he needed him most, Bug must find a way to navigate this blacktop wasteland…or die trying.

Intrigued yet? You should be, because that’s the synopsis of one of the summer’s most hotly anticipated releases, Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby.

Blacktop Wasteland has earned starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal, as well as praise from authors the likes of Dennis Lehane (“An urgent, timely, pitch-perfect jolt of American noir. S. A. Cosby is a welcome, refreshing new voice in crime literature.”), Walter Mosley (“S. A. Cosby reinvents the American crime novel. Black and white with bills unpaid and no exit in sight, his characters feel the pull of family and swagger with the melancholy ache of wanting to be someone. Blacktop Wasteland thrums and races―it’s an intoxicating thrill of a ride.”), and Lee Child (“Sensationally good―new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart.”), among others.

Still not convinced? (What’s wrong with you?) Well, then check out the opening sequence to Episode #47 of The Crew Reviews interview with Cosby.

You can watch the full interview here: Episode #47 of The Crew Reviews. But before you do, be sure to order a copy of this electrifying new release from your favorite bookseller.

Blacktop Wasteland is available now from Flatiron Books (ISBN: 978-1250252685).

Shawn A. Cosby is a writer from Southeastern Virginia, now residing in Gloucester, Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. His short story “The Grass Beneath My Feet” won the Anthony award for best short story in 2019. He is also the author of My Darkest Prayer and Brotherhood of the Blade. His writing is influenced by his experience as a bouncer, construction worker, retail manager and for six hours a mascot for a major fast food chain inside the world’s hottest costume. When he isn’t crafting tales of murder and mayhem he assists the dedicated staff at J.K. Redmond Funeral home as a mortician’s assistant. He is an avid hiker and is also known as one hell of a chess player. Actually it’s checkers… he’s good at checkers.