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A review by hillmeister
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
5.0
The intensity and “edge of your seat” moments in this book do not originate from the crime solving and action sequences alone - it also comes from the protagonist, a black sheriff, Detective Titus Crown - confronting his southern hometown’s history of racism and violence. And it is executed flawlessly! If I could give this book more than five stars I would.
Below is one of my favorite interactions in this book (no spoilers).
Davy: …not everyone in that group is a racist, I’m just saying.
Detective Titus Crown: So not everyone in the Sons of the Confederacy Cricket Hill Regiment Number 2239 thinks slavery was an acceptable economic system for the south?
Davy: I….uh
Detective Titus Crown: I’m sorry, let me put it another way. Not everyone in the sons of the Confederacy Cricket Hill Regiment Number 2239 thinks the rightful place of the Negro is to be subservient to the white man like Alexander Stevens said in the Cornerstone Speech?
Davy: I was just saying, I mean, my cousin is in that group, and he isn’t a racist.
Detective Titus Crown: Davy, if your cousin isn’t a racist, he is mighty goddamn comfortable with being around racists. That’s a distinction without a difference.
Below is one of my favorite interactions in this book (no spoilers).
Davy: …not everyone in that group is a racist, I’m just saying.
Detective Titus Crown: So not everyone in the Sons of the Confederacy Cricket Hill Regiment Number 2239 thinks slavery was an acceptable economic system for the south?
Davy: I….uh
Detective Titus Crown: I’m sorry, let me put it another way. Not everyone in the sons of the Confederacy Cricket Hill Regiment Number 2239 thinks the rightful place of the Negro is to be subservient to the white man like Alexander Stevens said in the Cornerstone Speech?
Davy: I was just saying, I mean, my cousin is in that group, and he isn’t a racist.
Detective Titus Crown: Davy, if your cousin isn’t a racist, he is mighty goddamn comfortable with being around racists. That’s a distinction without a difference.