#44 in Crime & mystery
Blacktop Wasteland
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Blacktop Wasteland” puts fully drawn characters behind the wheel of a hard-driving heist thriller. Cosby alternates tension with release, the dialogue is sharp, and the people at the centre change enough for the story to carry real feeling. Some readers with no taste for cars and guns report being won over anyway; some who know his other novels rank this one below them and find it heavier on action.
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About the book
Blacktop Wasteland is a noir mystery novel written by S.A. Cosby and published in July 2020 by Flatiron Books.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 168 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 168 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Blacktop Wasteland?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 81% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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