“The year’s most celebrated crime novel, and with good reason. “Violence-tinged heists, muscle cars, and dead-end poverty in America generate the full-on action and evocative atmosphere in this beautifully wrought tale.”  The epigram tells you all you need to know about this fast-paced, bareknuckle thriller: 'Drive it like you stole it.'” Cosby invests Blacktop Wasteland with emotion while delivering a solid thriller.' It’s a look at race, responsibility, parenthood and identity via pin-perfect characters with realistic motives. The noir story quickly accelerates and doesn’t lose speed until it careens to its finale.  “A fast-paced, fresh take on noir that tears through the underbelly of Virginia.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2020.Chicago Public Library’s Best Books of 2020.The Guardian’s Best Crime & Thriller Novels of 2020.Library Journal Best Crime Fiction for 2020.Sun Sentinel’s #1 Best Mystery of 2020.BookPage’s #1 Mystery and Suspense of 2020.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. Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S. 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. And Bug is at his best where the scent of gasoline mixes with the smell of fear. 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. 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. 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.  'One of the year's strongest novels.' -Sun SentinelĪ husband, a father, a son, a business owner.And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.īeauregard “Bug” Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hard-working dad. “A roaring, full-throttle thriller, crackling with tension and charm.” - The New York Times Book Review  fast-paced, bareknuckle thriller.” -Stephen King Sun Sentinel’s #1 Best Mystery of the Year.BookPage’s #1 Mystery and Suspense of the Year.

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Dare to Disappoint by Ozge Samanci