Friday, Apr. 8, 2022--San Antonio
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Crosby is a murder mystery/thriller novel--not the kind of book that I normally read. But it was one of the top 100 books of 2021 according to both TIME and NPR. And it was available from the library for my Kindle. It's the story of two ex-cons who have not met but whose gay sons (married to each other and who had been rejected by both fathers) have been murdered. The cops either have little interest in solving the crime or have been encouraged to drop trying to solve it. So the two men, both southerners, one white and the other Black with little tolerance for each other's prejudices, decide to take matters into their own hands so that the killers will be held accountable. But there are "layers" of people who are responsible--the ones who actually performed the act and those above them who pass as genteel members of society. It's a complex story with lots of humor, lots of violence, and many tense moments as these men face almost impossible odds. I found myself reading more and more pages as each day passed. I could see the movie becoming a series on Netflix or a feature film. I gave the book 4 stars out of 5.
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