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Ace Atkins


USA flag (b.1970)

A former journalist who cut his teeth as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune, Ace Atkins published his first novel, Crossroad Blues, at 27 and became a full-time novelist at 30.

While at the Tribune, Ace earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for a feature series based on his investigation into a forgotten murder of the 1950s. The story became the core of his critically acclaimed novel, White Shadow, which earned raves from noted authors and critics.

Atkins, lives on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
March 2024

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The Havana Run
 
Series
Nick Travers Mystery
   1. Crossroad Blues (1998)
   2. Leavin' Trunk Blues (2000)
   3. Dark End of the Street (2002)
   4. Dirty South (2004)
   4.5. Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2012)
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Quinn Colson
   1. The Ranger (2011)
   2. The Lost Ones (2012)
   3. The Broken Places (2013)
   4. The Forsaken (2014)
   5. The Redeemers (2015)
   6. The Innocents (2016)
   7. The Fallen (2017)
   8. The Sinners (2018)
   9. The Shameless (2019)
   10. The Revelators (2020)
   11. The Heathens (2021)
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Novels
   White Shadow (2006)
   Wicked City (2008)
   Devil's Garden (2009)
   Infamous (2010)
   Don't Let the Devil Ride (2024)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Havana Run (2024)
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Series contributed to
Spenser
   40. Lullaby (2012)
   41. Wonderland (2013)
     aka Spenser Confidential
   42. Cheap Shot (2014)
   43. Kickback (2015)
   44. Slow Burn (2016)
   45. Little White Lies (2017)
   46. Old Black Magic (2018)
   47. Angel Eyes (2019)
   48. Someone to Watch Over Me (2021)
   49. Bye Bye Baby (2022)
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Ace Atkins recommends
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Malibu Burning (2023)
(Sharpe & Walker, book 1)
Lee Goldberg
"An inventive, twisty, and funny caper from one of crime writing's true pros. Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake would've loved this wild heist."
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The Stolen Coast (2023)
Dwyer Murphy
"The morally ambiguous rogues, con artists, and thieves of The Stolen Coast would've most surely brought a smile to the late, great George V. Higgins. There is so much to love here, including a setting that reminded me of the broken coastal towns with dark, dirty secrets that Robert B. Parker often wrote about. This is a terrific, atmospheric crime novel by a writer with a deep love and appreciation of the form."
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The Good Ones (2023)
Polly Stewart
"Sharp, smart and often sexy, The Good Ones is a knockout. Lauren Ballard's disappearance may be the core of this story, but it's the many raw secrets of Tyndall County that make this novel unique, clever, and compelling."

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Anthologies containing stories by Ace Atkins
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The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024 (2024)
(Best Mystery Stories of the Year, book 4)
edited by
Anthony Horowitz and Otto Penzler
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Birds of Prey (2022)
The Harlan Coben Challenge
edited by
C J Box and Harlan Coben
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Tampa Bay Noir (2020)
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Colette Bancroft

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Awards
Barry Awards Best Novel nominee (2007) : White Shadow


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