So I just reviewed the first in this series. This one picks up where that one left off. Now do I assume that if you're reading this you have already read the first book or not? No I better try not to leave any spoilers.At least on purpose.Quinn is now facing an entirely new set of problems and frankly he reacts in a somewhat short sighted and annoying way a great deal of the time.However since that's his character I wasn't all that surprised..annoyed yes, but surprised no. Quinn's interaction wi...

This is quite good. Like other Atkins novels that I have read it seems best at its beginning and end as Atkins concentrates on his characters, and not as strong in the middle when he is working out the plot. Those middle sections could be cut back in favor of more on the characters. Plusses here include love scenes that actually have some relationship to what real people might do, and the developing sense of family and community that make these books more than run-of-the-mill shoot-em-ups. The s...

Atkins second book in this series follows Quinn Colson as he settles into his job as Sheriff. After the events of book 1, Quinn finds himself now required to navigate the politics, much of it underhanded, of his new position while working with the FBI on a case that affects his jurisdiction. There's a nice slow, tense build to a well done minor but still important plot twist that makes for a very satisfying read. I'm not sure why I put this one off for so long, but I'm now much more eager to rea...

Ace Atkins is rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers. In this, the second novel to feature former Army Ranger Quinn Colson, Atkins weaves a compelling story with fully-developed and genuinely interesting characters.In The Ranger, the first Quinn Colson novel, Colson returned home from his Army duty to attend the funeral of his uncle, the local sheriff of Tibbehah County in Mississippi. He found both his family and his town in crisis, and moved to deal with these problems as best he could. A...

4.5 Stars rounded up to 5 Stars.

In Tibbehah County, Mississippi, a newly elected sheriff tries to track down a couple who were abusing and neglecting a pack of infants before selling them on the black market, and there’s a Mexican drug gang in the area looking to do a bulk gun deal.And yet some people think that country life is boring.This terrific follow-up to Ace Atkins' The Ranger finds Quinn Colson retired from the Army and trying to adjust to life as a lawman. If he wasn’t busy enough dealing with baby sellers and illegal...

A fine book for a cold.Let me 'splain.I am referring to the summer head cold, a totally inappropriate, out-of-season malaise that bears absolutely no resemblance to the not-really-sick-cold one might use in a feeble attempt to get out of reading a book with grandfather. Those not-really-sick colds can be charmed out of existence by a book with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love and miracles.This was not that kind of cold, but that was o.k., as this

“The Lost Ones” by Ace Atkins, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons.Category – Mystery/ThrillerThis is the second book in the Quinn Colson series. One does not have to read the first book to enjoy “The Lost Ones”, however, after reading it you will want to go back and read the first one, “The Ranger”.Quinn Colson was an Army Ranger who has returned to his home town in Tibbehah County, Mississippi, and finds himself being elected Sheriff.Colson is informed of a possible child abuse case that leads him...

In book number two of the Quinn Colson series, Quinn has retired from the Rangers and returned home to Jericho, Mississippi. He has been elected sheriff of Tibbehah County and may have bitten off more than he can chew. He’s trying to adjust to civilian life and come to grips with old history between him and his sister.This book was just as good as the first if not better. As he and Lillie are hunting a couple accused of killing a toddler and selling infants on the black market, the FBI comes to

While I really enjoyed the first book in this series, The Ranger (review), Atkins really seems to hit his stride in the second book in the series. The cast of Tibbehah County characters returns -- new sheriff Quinn Colson, deputy Lillie Virgil, one-armed army vet Boom, Quinn's troubled sister Caddy and her son Jason, and sleazier than ever Johnny Stagg. Add to that illegal baby sellers, Mexican gunrunners, a redheaded vixen ATF agent, and a childhood friend of Quinn's headed down the wrong path,...

Solid storytelling Maybe it is because I am a veteran myself, but Mr Atkins gets many of the situations right. Those quiet Moments When you find yourself standing there, eyes towards the horizon, and lost in thought. I know he isn't a veteran but he must talk to the right people to understand this way.As for the story, it's a solid telling of a buddy in trouble who refuses to see the error of his ways, despite many attempts by friends and family to set him straight. It's kind of sad in its own w...

I'm officially addicted to this series. Very Justified-esque. Can't wait to see what's next for Quinn, Lillie and the quirky cast of support characters.

I have started a lot of new series this year, but the Quinn Colson series is quickly becoming a favorite. Atkins is my kind of writer, with a great sense of humor and a slight wicked streak. I am enjoying getting to know these characters and see where they are going. It has some similarities to the Peter Ash series, which is a compliment.

A good crime fiction story as small county sheriff must investigate child abuse and gun runners and the cases wind up overlapping. Atkins is still working on the relationship between Colson & Virgil. This is going to be a good series to stay in touch with. Recommended.

"Business men from Tupelo would bring a cooler of beer and shoot AK-47's into targets of Osama Bin Laden and President Obama. Not that Donnie was political, that's just what seemed to be selling that year." I enjoy Southern writers because they introduce me to people and places I will probably never see. This book reminded me a lot of the Longmire series which I love. Although not as comfortable as Longmire, the bad sort are more unlikeable, The dialogues, character descriptions, and action sequ...

There's a Mexican cartel operating in Tibbehah County, and a local gun dealer is supplying guns to them--while falling in love with a Mexican Girl. (We all know how that turned out in the song El Paso, don't we?) Meanwhile, a couple attached to the cartel has been running a baby ring, and one of the babies is killed.Quinn and Company lumber around until the final shoot out.Not bad, but not one of the best in the series.

Ace Atkins is a rock star! The second book in the Quinn Colson series is absolutely brilliant. Written like an HBO screenplay, with a host of brilliant and believable characters, this is one of the best thrillers I have read in ages. Atkin's writing is super sharp and this is one of those books you can truly get lost in. I can't wait to read the third book in the series!

Second in the Quinn Colson action thriller series and revolving around a newly elected sheriff fresh out of the Rangers and based in Jericho, Mississippi.My TakeAtkins caught me right off with that hook, surprising me with the combination of county fair rides and gunrunning. I gotta love it. It's such a guy story with succinct descriptions and that male-male relationship that rings so true throughout with Atkins using a third person protagonist point-of-view from Quinn's perspective.It's a mixtu...

For me, some of my favorite summer reading is what I like to think of as "regional" fiction, in which an author's familiarity with a place in the U.S. fleshes out the character of a location along with the characters who live there. Ace Atkins is an author who does this beautifully. His place is rural Mississippi, where opportunities for work and personal fulfillment are, to say the least, limited. Want to see the world? Join the army. Which is what more than a few of the characters dwelling in