The Broken Places
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4.0 • 19 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
A year after becoming sheriff, Quinn Colson is faced with the release of an infamous murderer from prison. Jamey Dixon comes back to Jericho preaching redemption, and some believe him; but for the victim’s family, the only thought is revenge.
Another group who doesn’t believe him—the men in prison from Dixon’s last job, an armored car robbery. They’re sure he’s gone back to grab the hidden money, so they do the only thing they can: break out and head straight to Jericho themselves.
Colson and his deputy, Lillie, know they’ve got their work cut out for them. But they don’t count on one more unwelcome visitor: a tornado that causes havoc just as events come to a head. Communications are down, the roads are impassable—and the rule of law is just about to snap.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the outset of bestseller Atkins's strong third Quinn Colson novel (after 2012's The Rangers), Jamey Dixon returns to his native Jericho, Miss., to start a church and preach the good word after being pardoned for a murder conviction. While Dixon has his critics namely Ophelia Bundren, who happens to be the sister of the woman Dixon supposedly killed he finds solace in the arms of Caddy Colson, who's the sister of the local sheriff, Quinn Colson, Atkins's laconic everyman. Quinn suspects Dixon of being nothing more than a huckster, yet he prefers to stay out of his sister's affairs, even when Ophelia urges him to protect Caddy. But when two escaped convicts come seeking revenge on Dixon, the town of Jericho is thrown into turmoil and Quinn is forced to act to keep law and order even if that means defending Dixon. Amid the full-throttle plot, Atkins never loses sight of his characters' sensitivities. Author tour.
