All the Sinners Bleed is a 2023 Southern noir thriller novel written by S. A. Cosby and published by Flatiron Books.
Overview An African American sheriff, in a small town in southern Virginia, faces off against a serial killer.
An example of "southern noir", the book examines the racial and geopolitical fault lines of America's South.
Reception In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews called the novel "another provocative and page-turning entry in the Southern noir genre." In another starred review, Publishers Weekly begins their assessment calling it "a superb thriller" and continues to say that "the hard-edged storytelling is supplemented by richly developed characters", that Cosby "elegantly layers his narrative over Virginia's racial history, giving the proceedings uncommon emotional depth."
Authors Chris Bohjalian, Ellery Adams, and Roxane Gay praised the novel with 5-star reviews on Goodreads. The novel was also nominated for the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards for Mystery & Thriller.
Awards YearAwardResult 2023 Crime Fiction Lovers Award Book of the Year Goodreads Choice Awards Mystery & Thriller Los Angeles Times Book Prize Mystery/Thriller Libby Book Award Audiobook 2024 Anthony Award Hardcover Novel Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Fiction Audie Award Audiobook of the Year CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger — Edgar Award Novel ITW Award Hardcover Novel Lefty Award Mystery Novel Macavity Award Mystery Novel Retrieved 2026-05-10. Southern Book Prize Fiction The Strand Critics Award Novel
Television series adaptation In May 2025, Netflix ordered a limited television series adaptation of the novel with Joe Robert Cole serving as writer, director, and executive producer. The nine-episode limited series will star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Nicole Beharie, and John Douglas Thompson. Hans Zimmer and his composer collective Bleeding Fingers Music are set to score the music.
References
External links All the Sinners Bleed on Goodreads
All the Sinners Bleed at Macmillan All the Sinners Bleed at Headline