A Review 
5 quills out of 5
One of my favorite authors, Ace Atkins, takes us once again to the backwaters of ole’ Miss. Village names like Sugar Ditch, Jericho and Choctaw intrigue the reader and you want to turn to the next page. The series is replete with characters like the ex-Army Ranger, Quinn Colson, his sister Caddy, Boom, Lillie Virgil, Fannie Hatchcock, the villainess, and her sidekick, Mungo. All wrap the reader in the swampy hand of the deep south.
I could write another review praising this writer to the heavens: ‘Adkins delivers another scintillating mystery’, ‘Quinn Colson takes us on another riveting search for the murdering bank robbers’, ‘you won’t be able to put it down’, blah, blah, blah. And I refuse to write a spoiler, like some reviewers do, just to fill the page.
That’s why I mentioned the underpinnings: Ace’s stories are neck deep in the flavor of small town life in the old south. His fans already know they’re in for another great read. So I’m going a little off the oyster-shell road of a typical review by quoting Ace here in the Oxford Magazine:
Atkins. ‘The inspiration came together quick. I won’t tell you how quick, but something so personal comes from a long gestation and a brief pen to paper with a little whiskey. I scribbled out my families. The Colsons, with Quinn and sister Caddy as a nod to the master. But these two were solely my own, with Quinn taking shape from my love of 1970s drive-in heroes like Billy Jack and Buford Pusser from Walking Tall. Quinn is an Army vet, a seasoned Ranger who soon becomes sheriff. Caddy wasn’t altogether different from Faulkner’s, only walking straight out of gritty strip clubs in South Memphis to discover a serious and real faith. The other families—the Varners, the Bundrens—would be new and unique folks, descended from people in nearby Yoknapatawpha.’ More
I am a die-hard fan of John MacDonald and Robert B. Parker and mourn their passing; no more Travis McGee and Meyer, no more Spenser and Hawk. I looked, literally, for years to find a writer of their caliber. Finally!! Ace Adkins. Serendipitously for me, I found him writing for the Robert B. Parker series and wanted to read some of his own work. The Fallen (Release date July 19th) is highly recommended and while it stands on its own, I suggest that my readers start with book #1 of the Quinn Colson series. To order click here.
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