THE SHAMELESS (2019) ***½ by Ace Atkins This paperback edition published by Corsair, 2020, 446pp First published in hardcover by Corsair, 2019 © Ace Atkins, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-4721-5500-9 Blurb: Twenty years ago, teenager Brandon Taylor walked into the Big Woods north of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, and never returned. For former Army Ranger-turned-sheriff Quinn Colson,…
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Book Review – THE SINNERS (2018) by Ace Atkins
THE SINNERS (2018) ***½ by Ace Atkins This paperback edition published by Putnam, June 2019, 432pp (417pp) First published in hardcover by Putnam, June 2018 Includes an excerpt from the follow-up, THE SHAMELESS (2019) © Ace Atkins, 2018 ISBN: 978-0-399-57675-1 Blurb: The Pritchards had never been worth a damn–an evil, greedy family who…
Book Review – THE FALLEN (2017) by Ace Atkins
THE FALLEN by ACE ATKINS (2017, Corsair, 358pp) **** Blurb: Mississippi sheriff Quinn Colson had to admit he admired the bank robbers. A new bank was hit almost every week, and the robbers rushed in and out with such skill and precision it reminded him of raids he’d led back in Afghanistan and Iraq when he was…
Book Review – THE INNOCENTS (2016) by Ace Atkins
THE INNOCENTS by ACE ATKINS (2016, Corasir, 372pp) ***½ Blurb: After being voted out of office and returning to the war zone he’d left behind, Quinn Colson is back in Jericho, trying to fix things with his still-married high school girlfriend and retired Hollywood stuntman father. Quinn knows he doesn’t owe his hometown a damn thing,…
Book Review – THE REDEEMERS (2015) by Ace Atkins
THE REDEEMERS by ACE ATKINS (2015, Corsair, 370pp) ∗∗∗∗ Blurb: He is only in his early thirties, but now Quinn Colson is jobless – voted out of office as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, thanks to the machinations of county kingpin Johnny Stagg. He has offers, in bigger and better places, but before he goes, he’s got…
Book Review – THE FORSAKEN by Ace Atkins (2014)
THE FORSAKEN by ACE ATKINS (Corsair, 2014, 370pp) ∗∗∗½ Blurb: Thirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi, with nothing but the clothes on his back and a pair of paratrooper boots. Less than two days later, he was accused of rape and murder, hunted down by a self-appointed posse, and lynched. Now…
Book Review – THE BROKEN PLACES (2013) by Ace Atkins
THE BROKEN PLACES by ACE ATKINS (2013, Corsair, Paperback, 432pp) ∗∗∗∗∗ Blurb: A year after becoming sheriff, Quinn Colson is faced with the release of an infamous murderer from prison. Jamey Dixon comes back to Jericho preaching redemption, and some believe him; but for the victim’s family, the only thought is revenge. Another group who doesn’t believe…