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My Darkest Prayer
''My Darkest Prayer'' is a 2018 mystery thriller novel by S. A. Cosby. ''My Darkest Prayer'' is Cosby's debut novel. It was not met with widespread critical attention at the time of its original publication. It was re-published in 2022, after Cosby had become successful due to his subsequent novels. Plot summary Nathan Waymaker is former sheriff's deputy and retired US Marine who now works at a funeral home in rural Virginia. After the suspicious death of Reverend Esau Watkins is ignored by local police, Nathan decides to investigate the death himself. Reception After the novel's re-issue in 2022, it was widely praised by critics. Lorraine Berry of the ''Los Angeles Times'', described Cosby was "one of the foremost writers of Southern noir Southern noir is a genre of crime fiction set in the American South. It is considered a subgenre of noir fiction and often deals with themes related to poverty, racism, and violence. Terminology Southern noir is sometimes also calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Noir
Southern noir is a genre of crime fiction set in the American South. It is considered a subgenre of noir fiction and often deals with themes related to poverty, racism, and violence. Terminology Southern noir is sometimes also called "rural noir", "country noir", or "grit lit". Characteristics Southern noir is a subgenre of crime fiction, specifically noir fiction. It is typically written from the point of view of a character who is a perpetrator, victim, or investigator of a crime. It is characterized by its focus on the setting of the American South, but can more broadly include the South, the Ozarks, Appalachia, the Midwest and the Southwestern United States. It typically takes place in rural settings, with vivid, poetic descriptions of landscape and place. These settings typically incorporate Southern Gothic aesthetics, and explore elements of religion and the supernatural. Southern noir stories can take place in the present day or in the past. The narratives and charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Noir Novels
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2018 Debut Novels
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