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A son returning home. A dangerous debt. Secrets about to ignite . . . and a family consumed by flames.
Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire of his family's crematory business behind in his hometown of Jefferson Run, Virginia. He is enjoying a life of shallow excess as a financial adviser in Atlanta until he gets a call from his sister, Neveah, telling him their father is in a coma after a hit-and-run accident.
When Roman goes home, he learns the accident may not be what it seems. His brother, Dante, is deeply in debt to dangerous, ruthless criminals. And Roman is willing to do anything to protect his family. Anything.
A financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, Roman must use all his skills to try to save his family while dealing with a shadow that has haunted them all for twenty years: the disappearance of their mother when Roman and his siblings were teenagers. It's a mystery that Neveah, who has sacrificed so much of her life to hold her family together, is determined to solve once and for all.
As fate and chance and heartache ignite their lives, the Carruthers family must pull together to survive or see their lives turn to ash. Because, as their father counseled them from birth, nothing lasts forever. Everything burns.
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A son returning home. A dangerous debt. Secrets about to ignite . . . and a family consumed by flames.
Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire of his family's crematory business behind in his hometown of Jefferson Run, Virginia. He is enjoying a life of shallow excess as a financial adviser in Atlanta until he gets a call from his sister, Neveah, telling him their father is in a coma after a hit-and-run accident.
When Roman goes home, he learns the accident may not be what it seems. His brother, Dante, is deeply in debt to dangerous, ruthless criminals. And Roman is willing to do anything to protect his family. Anything.
A financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, Roman must use all his skills to try to save his family while dealing with a shadow that has haunted them all for twenty years: the disappearance of their mother when Roman and his siblings were teenagers. It's a mystery that Neveah, who has sacrificed so much of her life to hold her family together, is determined to solve once and for all.
As fate and chance and heartache ignite their lives, the Carruthers family must pull together to survive or see their lives turn to ash. Because, as their father counseled them from birth, nothing lasts forever. Everything burns.
Sometimes when reading a crime novel, all the initial plot setting, character analysis, exposition, etc. can feel a bit laboured, and you ask yourself if you want to continue. Then you hit the sweet spot and something clicks and the next thing you know you’re on page 150. The sweet spot in King of Ashes is about page 5.
Roman Carruthers is the oldest son of a family that runs a crematorium in Jefferson’s Run, Virginia. He is summoned home from his high-flying life in Los Angeles to help his siblings look after their father, who has been run off the road in a suspicious accident. Once home, Roman discovers that his baby brother Dante is in debt to local gangsters. He meets with them to pay off the debt and offer his financial services, but quickly becomes aware that he is way out of his depth, as his capacity to organise tax structures is no match for their brutality and violence.
Neveah has been helping their father run the crematorium, but is overwhelmed by the task now that she must manage alone while their father is in a coma. Dante is a mess and a hindrance to any solution, and Roman discovers the beautiful young woman he is interested in is the sister of the gangsters that he is trying to extricate his family from.
S.A. Cosby is one of the leading young crime writers in the USA and has worked as a mortician’s assistant, so all the background details in this story feel authentic. But the main thing that sets this book apart from less ambitious novels is the Old Testament feeling to the prose. Violent and poetic, this is a standout book about the lengths to which a person may go to protect their loved ones.
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