The Revelators, Ace Atkins
The Revelators, Ace Atkins
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The Revelators

Author: Ace Atkins

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/14/2020


Synopsis

In this gripping new crime novel from the New York Times-bestselling author, Quinn Colson returns to take down a criminal syndicate that has ravaged his community, threatened his family, and tried to have him killed.

Shot up and left for dead, Sheriff Quinn Colson has revenge on his mind. With the help of his new wife Maggie, rehabilitation, and sheer force of will, he's walking again, eager to resume his work as a southern lawman and track down those responsible for his attempted murder. But someone is standing in his way: an interim sheriff, appointed by the newly elected Governor Vardaman, the man who Quinn knows ordered his murder. Vardaman sits at the top of the state's power structure--both legal and criminal--and little does he know, Quinn is still working to take him down.

Quinn will enlist the help of his most trusted friends, including federal agent Jon Holliday, U.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil, and Nat Wilikins, an undercover agent now working for crime queen Fannie Hathcock. Since Quinn's been gone, the criminal element in north Mississippi has flourished, with Hathcock enjoying unbridled freedom. Now as a bustling factory shuts down, a labor leader ends up dead, and Quinn's own nephew goes missing, everything looks to be unraveling. Even an old friend from Quinn's past, Donnie Varner, is out of jail and up to his own ways.

Quinn Colson and company have been planning for years, and now they're finally ready to bust apart a criminal empire running on a rigged system for far too long. This is the Battle of Jericho, the epic showdown that's been years in the making. Eventually, the war will end--for better or worse.

About The Author

Ace Atkins is the author of twenty-three books, including eight Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which, The Ranger and The Lost Ones, were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he has a third Edgar nomination for his short story "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"). He is the author of seven New York Times-bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times and a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and he played defensive end for Auburn University football.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper

I received a free advance copy of this from NetGalley for review. A completely immoral man has taken charge of the government, and the wave of corruption and racism he unleashed is completely undermining the rule of law. Welcome to America. Oops. I meant – Welcome to Tibbehah County, Mississippi. I ca......more

Goodreads review by James

Tibbehah County in north Mississippi has long been a cesspool of violence and corruption of every variety, political, social and economic. For the last several years, Sheriff Quinn Colson, a former army ranger, has been working against very long odds in an effort to bring some semblance of order and......more

Thanks to netgalley.com, Ace Atkins and Penguin Group Putnam for the advance ARC copy for my honest review. "The Revelators" picks up where "The Shameless" ended but Atkins pulls it off the unthinkable, of putting the lead character in harm's way and masterfully pulls it off. When Sheriff Quinn Cols......more

Goodreads review by Eric

The Revelators by Ace Atkins is number ten in the Quinn Colson series and picks up exactly where the previous novel left off - with Sheriff Quinn Colson fighting for his life after being ambushed, shot and left for dead. As the story continues, newly elected and corrupt Governor Vardaman has placed C......more


Quotes

“Raucous [and] unflinching.”–Tampa Bay Times

"Atkins delivers an action-forward homage, complete with a cordite-smelling finale (blood-spattered, yes, but cleansing, too)."–Booklist