Razorblade Tears, S. A. Cosby
Razorblade Tears, S. A. Cosby
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Razorblade Tears
A Novel

Author: S. A. Cosby

Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White

Unabridged: 12 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/06/2021


Synopsis

Winner of the ThrillerFest 2022 Audiobook of the Year Award!

“Lazarre-White's commanding performance is equally riveting. He creates an irresistible listening experience” –AudioFile Magazine

“Superb...Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times.” —Michael Connelly,
#1 New York Times bestselling author

A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance.

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.

The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss.

Derek’s father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed his father was a criminal. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy.

Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.

Provocative and fast-paced, S. A. Cosby's Razorblade Tears is a story of bloody retribution, heartfelt change - and maybe even redemption.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

About S. A. Cosby

S. A. Cosby is a New York Times bestselling writer from southeastern Virginia. He is the author of All the Sinners Bleed, which was on more than forty Best of the Year lists, including Barack Obama’s, as well as Edgar Award finalist Razorblade Tears and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Blacktop Wasteland. He has also won the Anthony Award, ITW Thriller Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award, BCALA Award, and Audie Award and has been longlisted for the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on October 31, 2023

I voted for this amazing book at Goodreads Choice Awards! It didn’t win but the author won unlimited credits from me! This book is still a big winner for me! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’m clapping with all my power my hands can gather! This is absolutely best crime thriller of the year!When I started to turn the pages,......more

Goodreads review by Roxane on August 26, 2021

Stayed up all night because I couldn’t put this book down. Action packed, a fine hard edge of a story about two very flawed fathers seeking justice for their murdered sons. Really well written and absorbing. I would have liked to see more attention paid to the women characters who were not well fles......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on September 11, 2021

"I was thinking about how the good die young," Buddy Lee said. "I guess that's why we're still here," Ike said as he put the truck in gear. 4 1/2 stars. Ooh, I really liked this one. And when I say "liked", I mean that I cried three times so you know I mean it 😂 There were a couple of small issues......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 19, 2022

They'd killed a man together, so they were more than acquaintances, but he didn't think they were friends." Two fathers trying to solve the murders of their sons. Lots of pew pew and beating up people... which in theory isn't really my thing for contemporary settings but I loved this. I like how the a......more

Goodreads review by Brady on November 26, 2024

Finished this yesterday in time to discuss it with our book club and omg omg, I think this is a book that everyone needs to read at least once in their life. CHECK TWs!! Very dark and heavy at times, but a necessary conversation! This is my second S.A. Cosby book and I will forever be a fan......more


Awards

  • Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year
  • Thriller Awards - Nominee
  • NYPL Best Books of the Year
  • Washington Post Best Books of the Year
  • Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year
  • Thriller Awards - Winner
  • Amazon.com Best Books of the Year
  • Time Magazine Best Books of the Year
  • L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
  • New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year
  • Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year
  • NPR Best Book of the Year
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee