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Book Review: The Order of the Furies: 1795 by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: The Order of the Furies: 1795 by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookMay 7, 2024

The plot, while historically interesting, goes on irrelevant side stories. The ending is just OK, very strange, and, I thought, unsatisfying.

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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookJanuary 2, 2024

1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is a testament to the excellent translation

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Book Review: The Heathens by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Heathens by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJuly 19, 2021

Sheriff Quinn Colson of Tibbehah County has a strange case on his hand. TJ Byrd, a teenage girl, insists she didn’t kill her mother and Colson believes her.

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Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookMarch 7, 2019

The horror in this book has nothing to do with imaginary monsters, but with the horror of what humans are able to do to one another. It is fascinating

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Book Review: The Fallen by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Fallen by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJuly 12, 2017

Quinn Colson is sheriff again after winning the election but Tibbehah County, Mississippi is not letting him rest. Vets robbing banks, & two girls went missing.

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Book Review: The Innocents by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Innocents by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJune 20, 2016

What I truly enjoy in this series is that some of the people in it cannot keep on the straight and narrow path no matter what happens

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Book Review: The Redeemers by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Redeemers by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJune 14, 2016

Quinn Colson has lost the re-election for Sheriff. A businessman’s home has been robbed but more than cash was stolen every dirty transaction he did is in there

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Book Review: The Forsaken by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Forsaken by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJune 8, 2016

A white teen is raped & killed, her girlfriend manages to escape after being raped. A black man who wonders into town is blamed for the crime and lynched.

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Book Review: The Broken Places by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Broken Places by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookMay 31, 2016

The blending of authentic Southern living, along with a great crime story, is something that Mr. Atkins pulls off without a hitch

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Thoughts on: The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins
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Thoughts on: The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJune 4, 2012

Quinn Coloson resigned from the Army Rangers to become Sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, his uncle’s old job. Cleaning up Tibbehah County is not easy

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