The Innocents, Ace Atkins
The Innocents, Ace Atkins
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The Innocents

Author: Ace Atkins

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/12/2016

Synopsis

Quinn Colson returns to Jericho, Mississippi, and gets pulled back into a world of greed and violence in this gritty, darkly comic tale from New York Times bestselling Southern crime master Ace Atkins. 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, but he can’t resist the pull of becoming a lawman again and accepts a badge from his former colleague, foul-mouthed acting Sheriff Lillie Virgil. Both officers have fought corruption in Tibbehah County before, but the case they must confront now is nothing like they’ve ever seen … When a former high school cheerleader is found walking a back road completely engulfed in flames, everyone in Jericho wants answers for the senseless act of violence. As Quinn and Lillie uncover old secrets and new lies, the entire town turns against them, and they soon learn that the most dangerous enemies may be the ones you trust most. “The rough-and-tumble relationship between two tough-as-nails law officers and the place they love provides plenty of action [and] well-developed characters.”—Kirkus Reviews

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 Kemper on February 09, 2017

I received a free advance copy of this for review from NetGalley. It’s that time of year when Ace Atkins once again takes us on a tour of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, so I hope you’re ready to eat breakfast at Waffle House, shop at the Wal-Mart, kill an afternoon at a fishin’ hole, watch the local h......more

Goodreads review by James on February 04, 2017

There's a new sheriff in town, or in Tibbehah County, Mississippi, to be more precise. Ex-Army Ranger, Quinn Colson, who had returned from Afghanistan, been elected sheriff and begun cleaning up the county, has been voted out of office, the victim of a smear campaign conducted by his opponent. Colso......more

Goodreads review by Liz on August 26, 2017

The Innocents, apparently, is Quinn Colson 6 – it is the first one I have read and has immediately sent me rushing towards the back catalogue -Quinn as a character immediately engaged me, this one set in Tibbehah, Mississippi it also had that small town southern noir feel that I have loved muchly in......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on March 25, 2018

Oh boy, this book was good, can't wait to read the next one!......more

Goodreads review by Glen on July 05, 2020

After he returns from a war zone, Quinn Colson has to deal with his usual family and romance problems, as well as solve the case of who lit a high school cheerleader on fire. Not bad, but as usual, the antagonists don't seem much of a threat. It seems like a placeholder novel, that culminates in a la......more

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