The Broken Places, Ace Atkins
The Broken Places, Ace Atkins
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The Broken Places

Author: Ace Atkins

Narrator: Brian d'Arcy James

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/30/2013

Synopsis

In the third gripping crime novel in Ace Atkins’s New York Times bestselling series, small town sheriff Quinn Colson takes on deadly criminals and even deadlier weather … A year after becoming sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, Quinn Colson is faced with a pardoned killer’s return to Jericho. Jamey Dixon now preaches redemption and forgiveness, but the family of the woman he was convicted of killing isn’t buying it. They warn Quinn that his sister’s relationship with Dixon could be fatal. Others don’t think the new preacher is a changed man, either—a couple of dangerous convicts who confided in Dixon about an armored car robbery believe he’s after the money they hid. So they do the only thing they can: break out and head straight to Jericho, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. Colson and his deputy, Lillie, have their work cut out for them. But they don’t count on one more unwelcome visitor: a tornado that causes havoc just as the manhunt heats up. Communications are down, the roads are impassable—and the rule of law is just about to snap. “Ace Atkins’ Quinn Colson novels have been exceptional from the start … whether readers are new to the series or fans from the start, The Broken Places will touch them the way all great novels do, profoundly.”—Shelf Awareness 

About Ace Atkins

Ace Atkins, an Alabama native, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 while at the Tampa Tribune for his investigation of the real-life murders of Charlie Wall and others in 1950s Tampa. He is the author of more than ten books, including four Nick Travers novels: Crossroad Blues, Leavin' Trunk Blues, Dark End of the Street, and Dirty South. And, yes, Ace is his real name.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on February 12, 2025

Broken places, broken people, and broken promises. The theme has been running through this series. Broken, realistic characters living and surviving in their broken world all the while striving for and maybe finding a small bit of redemption, a light in the darkness. The town of Jericho and the peop......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on July 01, 2013

I guess Ace Atkins gave his publishers some kind of Buy-One-Get-One-Free deal because he released two new books in one month this year. His generous nature is good news for fans because Wonderland showed again that he was the right writer to give us more Spenser while this one adds even more depth t......more

Goodreads review by James on August 12, 2014

The Broken Places is the third installment in Ace Atkins' Quinn Colson series, and it's the best one yet, which is saying something given that the first two were really very good. Colson, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has returned home to the small rural town of Jericho, Mississippi, and has b......more

Goodreads review by Glen on June 17, 2022

A former convict has come back to Tibbeha County to start a church. Most people think he's a fraud, but of course, Quinn's sister falls in love with him. A couple of the people who think he's a fraud are his former confederates, out to get their money and their pound of flesh. Added to the usual corr......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on March 18, 2018

As usual, when it comes to me did I start off this series by reading (or listening in this case) not from the start. Instead, I started with book five, The Redeemers. I liked so much that I went back and listen to this book three and four and now I just wait for the right moment to reading book one......more

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