{"product_id":"king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby","title":"King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e―The Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Dark, riveting, and accomplished.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e―Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAward-winning, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKing of Ashes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGodfather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndie Next pick for June 2025 • Library Reads pick for June 2025 • Book of the Month Club pick • Starred \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Starred \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 30 Must-Read Books for Summer • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e10 books we're looking forward to this spring • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Post’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMust-Read New Thriller Books • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 12 Summer Books We’re Looking Forward To • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Most Anticipated Books of summer 2025 • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 24 Books to Read This Summer • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 16 Most Anticipated Books to Read This Summer • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2025 • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVulture’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 28 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBooks to Read This Summer • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 4 Summer Books We’re Looking Forward To • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 30 Books to Read This Summer • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Post’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 30 Best Beach Reads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman, 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ereal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause everything burns. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fast-paced thriller that will have readers asking whether the ends justify the means if there is no end in sight. . . Reminiscent of the great tragedies, this is Cosby at his best.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e―Library Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, starred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46425932988582,"sku":"9781250832061","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56327362773158,"sku":"9781250832085","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/IMG-0550.jpg?v=1749658242","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}