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It's been six years since Quinn Colson has been home to Tibbehah County, the remote hill country of northeast Mississippi where he grew up, a place notorious for outlaws since the Civil War. A Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Colson is traveling home in an old Ford pickup for his uncle's funeral.
His Uncle Hamp had been the county sheriff, but the murder scene reeks of foul play. Partnering up with Lillie Virgil, the tomboy deputy that Colson has known since childhood, Colson sets out on a trail of seedy crimes and shady characters to find the real story behind his uncle's death—uncovering troubling truths about his family, his friends, and his hometown along the way. Through highway strip clubs, bogus churches, trailer park meth labs, and the offices of crooked politicians, Atkins evokes the atmosphere of a Deep South riddled with corruption, greed, blind religious fervor, and addiction, and what happens when it’s met with the brutal but honorable justice of Quinn Colson. A gripping contemporary mystery with all the swagger and action of a classic western and the heady atmosphere of hard-boiled noir, The Ranger is the start of a brilliant new series.
The Four Seasons Author Series is presented by the Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc. The subscription series offers four consecutive literary lunches at which guest authors are invited to speak on a variety of subjects, followed by a question and answer period, with a book signing for those who wish to purchase the featured book. Tickets are $30 for a one time event or a subscription for four consecutive luncheons is $100. Reservations are necessary to attend. To reserve your seat for the luncheon, call the Friends office at (813) 273-3616 by Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 or e-mail fourseasonsluncheon@gmail.com.
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