Couverture / Jaquette

Sheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a woman is found dead and three delinquent teens go on the run.

Before he was an Army Ranger who came home to become Tibbehah County Sheriff and take down a corrupt system, Quinn Colson was a kid who got into trouble-a lot of it. So when juvenile delinquent TJ Byrd insists that she doesn't know who killed her mother-an unreliable addict who has disappeared-Quinn's inclined to believe her. But no one else does-not the town, not the sheriff in a neighboring county, not her mother's older boyfriend, and certainly not Quinn's friend and former deputy, U.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil.



The Byrd family has always been trouble, and sixteen-year-old TJ is known for petty theft, fighting, and general hellraising. She's also no fool, and when she senses she's about to take the fall for her mother's murder, TJ, her boyfriend, her best friend, and her nine-year-old brother go on the run. As Lillie Virgil tracks the kids across a trail of burglaries, stolen cars and even a kidnapping, intent on bringing TJ to justice, Quinn sets out to find the truth back in Tibbehah. Someone has gone to a lot of violent trouble to make TJ and her friends the logical target of the investigation. It's easy, and who cares about a bunch of lawless kids?



As the bloody evidence against TJ piles up, Quinn knows someone truly evil is at work here-and that puts TJ and her friends in more danger than they can imagine.

Story Locale: Tibbehah County (fictional), Mississippi

Series Overview: Former Army Ranger Quinn Colson reluctantly returns to his corrupt Mississippi hometown and his family's dark history when he takes up the mantle of county sheriff, a position once held by his disgraced uncle.

Note biographique

Ace Atkins is the author of thirty books, including twelve 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 nine 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.

Fonctionnalité

LILLIE TAKES A CO-STARRING ROLE: Fan favorite Lillie Virgil takes a costarring role alongside Quinn, and readers will see her in full form as a boots-on-the-ground US Marshall.

NEW-READER FRIENDLY: This plotline is totally independent from that of any previous books in the series-a perfect starting point for new fans.

THIRD FORMAT MOMENTUM FOR SERIES: In 2019 we published The Lost Ones and The Broken Places (second and third books in the series) in mass market, and The Revelators (2020 hardcover) will publish in mass shortly before this book. These successful releases lay the groundwork for continued series success with The Heathens.

A BESTSELLING AUTHOR: All Ace Atkins books in the Robert B. Parker Spenser series have been New York Times-bestsellers, and he's earned widespread acclaim for the Quinn Colson books from the likes of Lee Child, Michael Connelly, and C. J. Box.

A NEW HERO FOR THE DEEP SOUTH: South Louisiana has Burke, Minnesota has Sandford, Los Angeles has Crais and Connelly, Florida has Hiaasen and Randy Wayne White-now rural Mississippi has a magnetic young hero in Quinn Colson.

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