
Razorblade Tears
“The very definition of a white-knuckle ride.”
Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author
A New York Times bestseller
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
A Time Magazine Best Book of 2021
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
An NPR Best Book of the Year
An New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
A Crime Reads Pick of Best Crime Books of the Year
Finalist for the Southern Book Prize
A London Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
A 2021 BookPage Best Book of Mystery & Suspense
Winner of the Barry Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award
Finalist for the Audie Award for Best Narration in Suspense Thrillers
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller
Winner of the 2022 Anthony Award for Best Novel
Among longlisted titles for Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year, 2021
Nominated for Thriller Awards - Nominee, 2022
Among longlisted titles for NYPL Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Washington Post Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2021
Winner of Thriller Awards - Winner, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist, 2022
Among longlisted titles for New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2021
Nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year, 2021
Nominated for Thriller Awards - Nominee, 2022
Among longlisted titles for NYPL Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Washington Post Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2021
Winner of Thriller Awards - Winner, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist, 2022
Among longlisted titles for New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year, 2021
Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2021
Nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee, 2022
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
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