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The Chase Is On

The Heathens by Ace Atkins

July 19, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Ace Atkins spent the first ten books of his Quinn Colson series meticulously building up a Walking Tall-like story, parsing out a mythos of fictional Tibbehah County and developing the characters. He dialed it up to a boil in book ten, with big payoffs. Although the stakes are still high for this one, it feels like the beginning of a denouement. Yeah there’s still some background as a player from the past comes back to haunt things in the troubled corner of northern Mississippi. But beyond […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Ace Atkins, crime, mississippi, Quinn Colson, The Heathens

Jake's CBR13 Review No:114 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Ace Atkins, crime, mississippi, Quinn Colson, The Heathens ·
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Time to Ketchup

Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

The Revelators by Ace Atkins

The Last Flight by Julie Clark

March 27, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Because I read two behemoth 660+ page books back-to-back, I went on a little reading binge this week to “ketchup.” I liked most of these, two more so than the two others. Black Cherry Blues *** I want to go through the David Robicheaux series for two reasons: 1. I love Louisiana and 2. I want to see how Burke develops this story. After enjoying Heaven’s Prisoners, I found this a step back for multiple reasons… 1. Burke pads an already thin story with a lot […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ace Atkins, Black Cherry Blues, David Robicheaux, Elon Green, James Lee Burke, Julie Clark, Last Call, LGBTQIA, Manhattan, mississippi, Montana, mystery, New York City, Quinn Colson, serial killers, the last flight, The Revelators, thriller, true crime

Jake's CBR13 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ace Atkins, Black Cherry Blues, David Robicheaux, Elon Green, James Lee Burke, Julie Clark, Last Call, LGBTQIA, Manhattan, mississippi, Montana, mystery, New York City, Quinn Colson, serial killers, the last flight, The Revelators, thriller, true crime ·
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Y’all Are South’ners Too

The Shameless by Ace Atkins

October 5, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

To understand the world of Ace Atkins’ Tibbehah County, Mississippi, it would behoove you to be familiar with the work of Spencer Hall, college football writer extraordinaire. Every year, he would write a preview for his website, either edsbs.com or bannersociety.com that mixed football with folklore and social commentary. My personal favorite is 2017’s When The Levee Breaks, where he talked about the life of Huey Long and LSU as a parallel to the rise of Donald Trump. This passage is my particular favorite… There is […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, mystery, Quinn Colson, Suspense, The Shameless, Tibbehah County

Jake's CBR12 Review No:155 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, mystery, Quinn Colson, Suspense, The Shameless, Tibbehah County ·
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Them Good Ol’ Boys

The Sinners by Ace Atkins

September 19, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Do you have a series that’s so deeply enjoyable to you, reading it’s like slipping on a good, comfortable pair of jeans or drinking something tasty out of a favorite glass? That’s the Quinn Colson series for me. Eight books in and there’s not much differentiating one from another, this one included. But man, I really do enjoy these. Atkins creates great characters and he does such a fantastic job building this setting. Every story adds a layer to fictional Tibbehah County and I’m here […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Sinners

Jake's CBR12 Review No:146 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Sinners ·
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Honky Tonk

The Fallen by Ace Atkins

August 17, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’ve accepted the fact that Ace Atkins is basically going to write the same book each time with the Quinn Colson series. Over-their-head gangsters with connections to Tibbehah. People swooping in from Quinn’s past. A bunch of random references to vaginas. Some dirty dealing Mississippi pols and crooks. And overall, mostly fun southern fried crime stories. I don’t know if I would have gorged on this series so hard had it not been for quarantine. But I’m glad I am. They’re enjoyable. Atkins knows how […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, crime, mississippi, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Fallen, Tibbehah County

Jake's CBR12 Review No:128 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, crime, mississippi, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Fallen, Tibbehah County ·
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The Faint of Heart

The Innocents by Ace Atkins

June 21, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Ace Atkins’ Quinn Colson series has helped me get through the pandemic. I’ve read books 2-6 since covid broke out across the country. They’re easy, gritty southern crime tales that don’t patronize the audience nor do they often give into the familiar tropes of post-western Tough Guy fic. I had this one on the shelf for weeks but I kept putting it off for a very obvious reason: it’s just tough to read about law enforcement right now. Don’t get me wrong, I read plenty […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Innocents

Jake's CBR12 Review No:104 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Innocents ·
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