Book : The Revelators (a Quinn Colson Novel) - Atkins, Ace

-Titulo Original : The Revelators (a Quinn Colson Novel)

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G.P. Putnams Sons

-Descripcion Original:

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, hes 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 states 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 Quinns 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 Quinns own nephew goes missing, everything looks to be unraveling. Even an old friend from Quinns past, Donnie Varner, is out of jail and up to his own ways.Quinn Colson and company have been planning for years, and now theyre 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 thats been years in the making. Eventually, the war will end--for better or worse. Review “Raucous [and] unflinching.”-Tampa Bay TimesAtkins delivers an action-forward homage, complete with a cordite-smelling finale (blood-spattered, yes, but cleansing, too).-Booklist About the Author Ace Atkins is the author of twenty-five books, including ten Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which, The Ranger and The Lost Ones, were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. He is the author of seven New York Times-bestselling novels in the continuation of RobertB. Parkers Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and a defensive end for Auburn University football. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Ten months after the shooting out on Perfect Circle Road, a twelve-year-old girl named Ana Gabriel walked in the ninety-five-degree August heat with her little brother Sancho. Sancho was only nine and knew nothing about politics or corruption in Tibbehah County, only that their mother hadnt shown up to drive them home on their first day of school and he was upset. It frustrated him even further that Ana Gabriel had decided theyd better walk than wait, Sancho questioning all that was good and holy, a full four miles back to the Frog Pond Trailer Park, where so many of the Mexican and Guatemalan families had settled. They were very tired and sweaty, cutting through a thicket of pines and down through a kudzu ravine that hugged the highway. I knew this day would come, Sancho said. The Rapture. Just like the movies from church. Angels blowing trumpets. People being whisked into the clouds to meet Jesus, even those in airplanes or sitting on toilets. He has taken all the good people and left the sullen and the wicked behind. Every story must end, Ana Gabriel. We know as much. Now it is time for the human race. Would you please shut up? Ana Gabriel Hernandez-Ramirez said, walking beside her little brother. Mam‡ has a reason. She is still at work. Maybe she had to go to the market to buy eggs, cheese, and milk. Perhaps even had engine trouble. Her car. You know that car. So many troubles. Then why wont she answer her phone? Sancho asked, wide face shining with sweat, trudging alongside her, short legs trying to keep up. We ha