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King of Ashes

by S. a. Cosby Publisher: FLATIRON BOOKS

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Family loyalty in the shadow of a crematorium

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  • Bestseller

    Instant New York Times bestseller

  • Author recognition

    New York Times bestselling author

    The description calls S. A. Cosby a New York Times bestselling author.

  • Critical praise

    Praise from The New York Times Book Review

    The New York Times Book Review praises the novel as propulsive, powerful, and a gripping ride of escalating danger.

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Family loyalty in the shadow of a crematorium

In Jefferson Run, Virginia, the Carruthers family’s crematorium places death close to daily life, while a car crash, criminal debt and an old disappearance pull the family into separate but connected crises. Roman returns with financial expertise that proves of limited use against dangerous criminals; his sister Neveah is left balancing the family business with questions about their mother. The setup brings crime drama together with a family’s strained ties and unresolved history, with the crematorium and the town providing a distinctive setting for the conflict.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in crime thrillers centered on family loyalty and criminal entanglements.
  • Readers who enjoy stories that combine a family business with unresolved family history.
  • Readers looking for a crime novel set in a small Virginia town.

Themes

Family loyalty and responsibilityCrime and financial debtUnresolved family historyMortality and the funeral business

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Book overview

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger." --New York Times Book Review
"Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about." --The Atlantic
"Dark, riveting, and accomplished." --Washington Post

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama.

When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family--and the family business--together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortality draws even closer when it becomes clear that the crash that landed their father in a coma was no accident and Dante's recklessness has placed them all in real danger.

Roman, a financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he's forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his brother: himself, and his own particular set of skills.

Roman begins his work for the criminals while Neveah tries to uncover the long-ago mystery of what happened to their mother, who disappeared when they were teenagers. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family. Anything.

Because everything burns.

"[A] sizzling summer read that concludes with a few unexpected twists."
--Atlanta Journal Constitution

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