Review: 'The Redeemers' by Ace Atkins - Jackson Clarion Ledger

Famed crime novelist Ace Atkins of Oxford is about to delight readers nationwide with the fifth of his annual Quinn Colson adventure books. Titled “The Redeemers,” it again features his best characters, including his black sidekick, one-armed fellow combat veteran Boom Kimbrough, his sharp-shooting female deputy LillieVirgil, his tormented sister Caddy, and his colorful assortment of... Defeated for reelection as sheriff of Tibbeha County by a soft, chubby milquetoast insurance salesman because of his tough law enforcement and multiple scandals, Colson is searching for a mission and quickly finds one when a motley gang of Alabama... Colson is aided by his comrades from Atkins’ first four highly successful novels: “The Ranger” (2011). “The Lost Ones” (2012). “The Broken Places” (2013). and “The Forsaken” (2014), all of which are still in print and selling well across the U. S.... The Alabama neandrathals, failing to crack a safe, steal a backhoe, crush the victims’ (no angels themselves) house with it and make off with the safe, which contains not only a million in. Source: www.clarionledger.com