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jakewritesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Do you have a series that’s so deeply enjoyable to you, reading it’s like slipping on a good, comfortable pair of jeans or drinking something tasty out of a favorite glass? That’s the Quinn Colson series for me.
Eight books in and there’s not much differentiating one from another, this one included. But man, I really do enjoy these. Atkins creates great characters and he does such a fantastic job building this setting. Every story adds a layer to fictional Tibbehah County and I’m here for it.
This one sidelines Quinn more than most; here he’s just doing occasional cop interviews and planning to get married. Instead, we get the machinations of the criminals and it’s a lot of fun. Even if the “bad guy returns after all these years” trope is getting tired, I still enjoy how Atkins writes it. I also really love Fannie Hathcock and the dirty dealings of southern gangsters from Memphis down the Mississippi.
At the conclusion of the last one, I was worried the book would miss Lillie Virgil, who I often found to be a compelling character. But it’s fine here. In fact, one less character who requires scenes probably helped streamline the narrative a bit.
I started these books just before the pandemic hit. Said pandemic has led me to binge the first eight…and I picked up number nine today from my library. Ten just hit stores. I can’t believe I’m already so close to catching up on this series. One of my favorite crime fiction ones of all-time.
Eight books in and there’s not much differentiating one from another, this one included. But man, I really do enjoy these. Atkins creates great characters and he does such a fantastic job building this setting. Every story adds a layer to fictional Tibbehah County and I’m here for it.
This one sidelines Quinn more than most; here he’s just doing occasional cop interviews and planning to get married. Instead, we get the machinations of the criminals and it’s a lot of fun. Even if the “bad guy returns after all these years” trope is getting tired, I still enjoy how Atkins writes it. I also really love Fannie Hathcock and the dirty dealings of southern gangsters from Memphis down the Mississippi.
At the conclusion of the last one, I was worried the book would miss Lillie Virgil, who I often found to be a compelling character. But it’s fine here. In fact, one less character who requires scenes probably helped streamline the narrative a bit.
I started these books just before the pandemic hit. Said pandemic has led me to binge the first eight…and I picked up number nine today from my library. Ten just hit stores. I can’t believe I’m already so close to catching up on this series. One of my favorite crime fiction ones of all-time.
kbranfield's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars.
In The Sinners, the eighth installment in Ace Atkins' Quinn Colson series, a feud between two gangs who traffic drugs spawns murder and violence.
Just as Sheriff Quinn Colson is poised to make a big change in his personal life, Heath Pritchard (who was arrested by Quinn's predecessor and uncle, Hamp Beckett) is released from prison. Heath is ready to resume the pot operation that landed him in jail and he shows up unannounced on the family farm where his nephews Tyler and Cody currently live. Tyler and Cody are dirt-track racers who have continued the family tradition of growing and selling pot and they are about to find themselves in a mess of trouble with brothel owner, Fannie Hathcock and the Dixie Mafia's goons.
Just as Quinn is attempting to sort out what happened to Fannie's right hand man, Ordeem Davis, Colson's best friend Boom Kimbrough discovers the trucking firm he is working for is involved in drug and human trafficking. With an all out war about to explode in Tibbehah County, Quinn requests help from the DEA who sends agent Nat Wilkins and the USMarshalls which reunites him with his former co-worker Lillie Virgil. Will Colson find justice for Ordeem Davis? Will Boom find the evidence he needs to take down the syndicate that is trafficking drugs and women?
This latest addition to Quinn Colson series has plenty of action, but Quinn and his crime fighting cohorts are firmly in the background as the rival factions wrestle for control. Cody and Tyler are more interested in their upcoming races while newly released Heath spews racist rhetoric as he tries to convince his nephews the business rightly belongs to him. Fannie manipulates events behind the scenes to rid herself of the two lowlifes who are now her "partners". Boom wants nothing more than give up his trucking job, but Nat convinces him it is in everyone's best interest for him to go undercover to find the evidence the DEA needs to take down the organization.
The Sinners is an action-packed novel that is interesting but slow-paced. With the focus on the warring factions, the good guys do not have much on-page time until the novel's conclusion. Fans will enjoy this latest outing and readers will be eager for the next release in the series since the novel's ending heavily foreshadows what Quinn will most likely face in book nine of Ace Atkins' Quinn Colson series.
In The Sinners, the eighth installment in Ace Atkins' Quinn Colson series, a feud between two gangs who traffic drugs spawns murder and violence.
Just as Sheriff Quinn Colson is poised to make a big change in his personal life, Heath Pritchard (who was arrested by Quinn's predecessor and uncle, Hamp Beckett) is released from prison. Heath is ready to resume the pot operation that landed him in jail and he shows up unannounced on the family farm where his nephews Tyler and Cody currently live. Tyler and Cody are dirt-track racers who have continued the family tradition of growing and selling pot and they are about to find themselves in a mess of trouble with brothel owner, Fannie Hathcock and the Dixie Mafia's goons.
Just as Quinn is attempting to sort out what happened to Fannie's right hand man, Ordeem Davis, Colson's best friend Boom Kimbrough discovers the trucking firm he is working for is involved in drug and human trafficking. With an all out war about to explode in Tibbehah County, Quinn requests help from the DEA who sends agent Nat Wilkins and the USMarshalls which reunites him with his former co-worker Lillie Virgil. Will Colson find justice for Ordeem Davis? Will Boom find the evidence he needs to take down the syndicate that is trafficking drugs and women?
This latest addition to Quinn Colson series has plenty of action, but Quinn and his crime fighting cohorts are firmly in the background as the rival factions wrestle for control. Cody and Tyler are more interested in their upcoming races while newly released Heath spews racist rhetoric as he tries to convince his nephews the business rightly belongs to him. Fannie manipulates events behind the scenes to rid herself of the two lowlifes who are now her "partners". Boom wants nothing more than give up his trucking job, but Nat convinces him it is in everyone's best interest for him to go undercover to find the evidence the DEA needs to take down the organization.
The Sinners is an action-packed novel that is interesting but slow-paced. With the focus on the warring factions, the good guys do not have much on-page time until the novel's conclusion. Fans will enjoy this latest outing and readers will be eager for the next release in the series since the novel's ending heavily foreshadows what Quinn will most likely face in book nine of Ace Atkins' Quinn Colson series.
lisa_mc's review
3.0
Gritty police procedural set in what one character calls "the ass-crack of America," rural northern Mississippi. Colorful regional language and a variety of oddball characters give this book a strong sense of place, but the plot is unremarkable, which I consider a pretty important aspect of a detective novel. Enjoyable and fast read nonetheless.
martyfried's review
5.0
Reading a Quinn Colson novel is like putting on an old pair of comfortable shoes. A lot of old friends are back, a few new people, and in this one, a bit more excitement perhaps.
As usual, we have a lot of dumb rednecks, including one just out of prison that is the worst, even to his family. He even picked fights with the biker gang and the drug connections. But most of the bad guys weren't 100% bad, and some may have turned out OK in a different town with a different family. But they were all pretty interesting if not totally sane.
The only reason I didn't read this sooner is because it's the last one so far in the series, and I didn't want wait too long for the next one, which I'm looking forward to. Maybe I should start over.
As usual, we have a lot of dumb rednecks, including one just out of prison that is the worst, even to his family. He even picked fights with the biker gang and the drug connections. But most of the bad guys weren't 100% bad, and some may have turned out OK in a different town with a different family. But they were all pretty interesting if not totally sane.
The only reason I didn't read this sooner is because it's the last one so far in the series, and I didn't want wait too long for the next one, which I'm looking forward to. Maybe I should start over.
sunny76's review
5.0
Well, this was another great Quinn Colson novel. And the teasers for the next sound even better.
trenton_ross's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
eleellis's review
4.0
The Sinners by Ace Atkins is number eight in the Quinn Colson series. Atkins' Colson is the former Army Ranger and current sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi. In this novel, Colson is in preparation for his wedding to a character introduced in a previous novel and while doing so, different arms of criminality are snaking through Tibbehah County, sometimes in conflict with each other and later conjoining in the ending to the novel.
The novel opens with a flashback to an incident almost 25 years ago involving Colson's uncle when he was sheriff for the purpose of introducing one of the characters featured in the book.
Atkins brings back previously introduced characters, including Fannie Hathcock, as well as other members of the criminal underworld, even those outside of Tibbehah County.
Atkins also introduces new characters, one in particular, which will lead the reader to be comfortable knowing Atkins is not done with the Colson character.
Atkins is a consistently good storyteller that not only keeps his characters moving forward but also keeps them interesting, which includes his practice of introducing interesting villains. Novels in this series have proven to be reliably enjoyable and looked forward to each year.
Recommended to those that enjoy well-written crime novels, especially involving the South.
This edition was an ARC from Netgalley.
The novel opens with a flashback to an incident almost 25 years ago involving Colson's uncle when he was sheriff for the purpose of introducing one of the characters featured in the book.
Atkins brings back previously introduced characters, including Fannie Hathcock, as well as other members of the criminal underworld, even those outside of Tibbehah County.
Atkins also introduces new characters, one in particular, which will lead the reader to be comfortable knowing Atkins is not done with the Colson character.
Atkins is a consistently good storyteller that not only keeps his characters moving forward but also keeps them interesting, which includes his practice of introducing interesting villains. Novels in this series have proven to be reliably enjoyable and looked forward to each year.
Recommended to those that enjoy well-written crime novels, especially involving the South.
This edition was an ARC from Netgalley.
jakewritesbooks's review
4.0
Do you have a series that’s so deeply enjoyable to you, reading it’s like slipping on a good, comfortable pair of jeans or drinking something tasty out of a favorite glass? That’s the Quinn Colson series for me.
Eight books in and there’s not much differentiating one from another, this one included. But man, I really do enjoy these. Atkins creates great characters and he does such a fantastic job building this setting. Every story adds a layer to fictional Tibbehah County and I’m here for it.
This one sidelines Quinn more than most; here he’s just doing occasional cop interviews and planning to get married. Instead, we get the machinations of the criminals and it’s a lot of fun. Even if the “bad guy returns after all these years” trope is getting tired, I still enjoy how Atkins writes it. I also really love Fannie Hathcock and the dirty dealings of southern gangsters from Memphis down the Mississippi.
At the conclusion of the last one, I was worried the book would miss Lillie Virgil, who I often found to be a compelling character. But it’s fine here. In fact, one less character who requires scenes probably helped streamline the narrative a bit.
I started these books just before the pandemic hit. Said pandemic has led me to binge the first eight…and I picked up number nine today from my library. Ten just hit stores. I can’t believe I’m already so close to catching up on this series. One of my favorite crime fiction ones of all-time.
Eight books in and there’s not much differentiating one from another, this one included. But man, I really do enjoy these. Atkins creates great characters and he does such a fantastic job building this setting. Every story adds a layer to fictional Tibbehah County and I’m here for it.
This one sidelines Quinn more than most; here he’s just doing occasional cop interviews and planning to get married. Instead, we get the machinations of the criminals and it’s a lot of fun. Even if the “bad guy returns after all these years” trope is getting tired, I still enjoy how Atkins writes it. I also really love Fannie Hathcock and the dirty dealings of southern gangsters from Memphis down the Mississippi.
At the conclusion of the last one, I was worried the book would miss Lillie Virgil, who I often found to be a compelling character. But it’s fine here. In fact, one less character who requires scenes probably helped streamline the narrative a bit.
I started these books just before the pandemic hit. Said pandemic has led me to binge the first eight…and I picked up number nine today from my library. Ten just hit stores. I can’t believe I’m already so close to catching up on this series. One of my favorite crime fiction ones of all-time.
alexcarbonneau's review against another edition
3.0
An episodic installement for the Quinn Colson gang in Tibbehah County that is more of an homage to Smokey And The Bandit than anything else this time.
As usual, Ace Atkins doesn't disappoint when the time comes to make the story progress using dialogue and character interractions. He's become quite the master at it actually and those two points are worth reading any new chapter of the Colson Series.
I particularily appreciate the fact that Atkins made Tibbehah County one of the (if not THE) main character of this series. The interractions between this cast of Deep-South Mississippians are a delight to read and leave you wanting for more.
I found myself being frustrated by the stories that this series bring us year after year though. Always the same mold, different vilains with different names. But like I said, this series has become episodic and is quite enjoyable if you approach it that way.
I would love to see a bit more of Lily Virgil in the next installements though.
And I sure would love to see Atkins take his cast out of their comfort zone.
As usual, Ace Atkins doesn't disappoint when the time comes to make the story progress using dialogue and character interractions. He's become quite the master at it actually and those two points are worth reading any new chapter of the Colson Series.
I particularily appreciate the fact that Atkins made Tibbehah County one of the (if not THE) main character of this series. The interractions between this cast of Deep-South Mississippians are a delight to read and leave you wanting for more.
I found myself being frustrated by the stories that this series bring us year after year though. Always the same mold, different vilains with different names. But like I said, this series has become episodic and is quite enjoyable if you approach it that way.
I would love to see a bit more of Lily Virgil in the next installements though.
And I sure would love to see Atkins take his cast out of their comfort zone.
amanda10141980yahoocom's review against another edition
2.0
I found myself reading this in a southern voice in my head. Especially with the police. This is a very good down home, pot growing kind of book. I love the way the author built up the characters. This is the first book I have read by this author and it won’t be the last. Thank you to NetGalley for letting me review this book.