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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A solid 4 stars. I'd give it 5 stars for enjoyment, but I can't in good conscience rate the book in the same class as the great 5 star books, a personal rule I may rethink one day. Anyhow, this is my 4th Quinn Colson book (and the 4th in the series - what a coincidence). I recommend reading them in order, as it is somewhat of a continuing story. As others have pointed out, this is a lot like the TV series Justified, which I liked a lot. Entertaining, crazy bad guys, a smart/crazy/idiotic bad guy that seems to keep on top even as he seems to be sinking, etc. This one was perhaps the best so far, to me. Shows what happens when vigilante justice is allowed to go on unpunished; the innocent may suffer, the less guilty suffer more than the guilty, and the wound it causes can fester for many years. The story is told in a combination of present and past stories, each explaining the other until they come together in the end. I'm the kind of person that read books way out of order. I started with book five, then I got to book three and then I read book four (this one). And that is all the audiobooks that I had so I ordered book one and two and now I'm just waiting for some time over to read them. On the plus side, listening to the audio version of this book was way easier than book five because now I know who is who. The worst problem listening to a couple of books in a series in a row is actually remembering what happened in each of the books. Sheriff Quinn Colson is contacted by a woman that survived a brutal rape, but had to watch her best friend get killed. Now she wants Quinn to look into the case again because she knows that the wrong man was lynched for the crime. This is not easy said and done, there are deep buried secrets and many people are not happy about this reopening of a closed case. As I stated in my review for book five is this series perfect if you have read all the Longmire books and looking for something similar. Quinn may not be the new Walt Longmire, but he's a very interesting character, being an ex-soldier that took over the sheriff job after his uncle. His deputy Lillie Virgil is just as tough and cool as Vic from the Longmire series. Together are they a fabulous team. As for the case, it will get very personal for Quinn when he learns that someone in his family may have been there when the man got lynched... The Forsaken by Ace Atkins is the 4th book in The Ranger series. The series follows Quinn Colson, a former Army Ranger, who comes back to his home in Jericho, Mississippi to be near his family and gets elected Sheriff. A white teenager is raped and killed in Tibbehah County, MI while her girlfriend manages to escape after being raped. A black man who wonders into town is blamed for the crime and lynched. More than three decades later, Sheriff Collson and his deputy open up the file to investigate what really happened. The officers are also fending off a wrongful accusation of murder (after being setup by the county’s unofficial boss) and helping the area recover from a devastating tornado. I have read all of the Quinn Colson novels and enjoyed them all, so I was looking forward to read The Forsaken by Ace Atkins especially because of on the cliffhangers from the previous novel. Like the rest of the series, this novel is a standalone story and Mr. Atkins does a good job reintroducing the pertinent parts of the characters, however I would recommend to read at least one of the novels in the series (if possible, The Lost Ones) to get a better understanding of the characters and have a better experience reading the novel. I was never in the deep south of the United States, and I can only assume Mr. Atkins writes about what he knows, but the novel reads much like I would imagine a small-town-America in the Bible belt would be. The dialogue is wonderful and it was nice to reconnect with old, memorable characters. The previous novel, set me up to believe that this novel would be a mystery / legal thriller with the Sheriff and his assistant on trial. I thought this would have been a perfect opportunity for Mr. Atkins to stretch the series a bit and go in a different direction. What I got, though, was the same old same old formula with a mystery which only serves as a vehicle to enrich and the characters and further their development. I did enjoy the book very much and would certainly recommend the whole series. Mr. Atkins keeps on writing great characters, great narrative and excellent stories. For more reviews and bookish posts please visit http://www.ManOfLaBook.com no reviews | add a review
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"The extraordinary new novel in New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins' acclaimed series about the real Deep South-"a joy ride into the heart of darkness" (The Washington Post). Thirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi, with nothing but the clothes on his back and a pair of paratrooper boots. Less than two days later, he was accused of rape and murder, hunted down by a self-appointed posse, and lynched. Now evidence has surfaced of his innocence, and county sheriff Quinn Colson sets out not only to identify the stranger's remains, but to charge those responsible for the lynching. As he starts to uncover old lies and dirty secrets, though, he runs up against fierce opposition from those with the most to lose-and they can play dirty themselves. Soon Colson will find himself accused of terrible crimes, and the worst part is, the accusations just might stick. As the two investigations come to a head, it is anybody's guess who will prevail-or even come out of it alive"-- No library descriptions found. |
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This was so slow and boring I believe I am done with the series unless someone can give me a really good reason to read the next one. ( )