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Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland | Shawn A Cosby
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A husband, a father, a son, a business owner...And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi."Sensationally good--new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart. More than recommended." --Lee ChildBeauregard "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.Like Ocean's Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S. A. Cosby's Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime.
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AmandaBlaze
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The book tells the story of a man forced to go back to being a wheel man to save his family from financial ruin. It's well-written, and you can actually see the characters in detail from the descriptions. It's dark and gritty at times and not for the faint of heart.
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Decalino
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Beauregard is a family man with a criminal past, driven by crushing financial pressures to sign up for one last job. Set in rural Virginia, this relentlessly paced novel ratchets up the tension with every decision "Bug" makes. S.A. Cosby is going on my must read list along with Michael Connelly and Laura Lippman, two other authors who create fascinating characters in settings grounded so firmly in the real that you can smell it. Good stuff.

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BookishTrish
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Billed as Virginia noir for Fast and Furious fans, so far this does not disappoint (pictured: me in my jammies)

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Mitch
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Thrilled to see the tagged book on this list - it‘s on my January reading like! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Cinfhen Thanks for sharing 4y
Hooked_on_books The tagged book is SO good! 4y
vivastory It's great to see it receive so much aclaim! 4y
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kyraleseberg
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Go ahead and pre-order this one now! The writing is excellent, the action is cinematic, and the characters come alive on the page.