The Ranger

@00000400@Northeast Mississippi is hill country, rugged and notorious for outlaws since the Civil War, where killings are as commonplace as they were in the Old West. To Quinn Colson, just back from a tour of Afghanistan, it's home. But home has changed. @00000163@@00000400@Quinn returns to a place overrun by corruption. His uncle, the county sheriff, is dead - officially it was suicide, but others whisper murder. In the days that follow, it will be up to Colson, now an Army Ranger, to discover the truth - not only about his uncle, but also about his family, friends, hometown and himself. @00000163@@00000400@But once the truth is uncovered, there is no turning back.@00000163@

About the author

One of the best crime writers working today, Ace Atkins has been nominated for multiple major awards in crime fiction, including the Edgar three times, twice for novels about former U.S. Army Ranger Quinn Colson. He's written eight books in the Colson series, with many more to come. He continued Robert B. Parker's iconic Spenser character after Parker's death in 2010, and has added seven best-selling novels in that series.

A former newspaper reporter and SEC football player, Ace also writes essays and investigative pieces for several national magazines including Time, Outside, and Garden & Gun.

He lives in Oxford, Mississippi with his family, where he's friend to many dogs and several bartenders.

Find out more about Ace and his novels on his official website: aceatkins.com, on Facebook Ace Atkins, and on Twitter @aceatkins.

Product details

• Authors: Ace Atkins
• Publisher: Corsair
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9781472109750
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-0975-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Quinn Colson; Quinn Colson
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Military, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction