The Revelators
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4.3 • 279 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this gripping new crime novel from the New York Times-bestselling author, Quinn Colson returns to take down a criminal syndicate that has ravaged his community, threatened his family, and tried to have him killed.
Shot up and left for dead, Sheriff Quinn Colson has revenge on his mind. With the help of his new wife Maggie, rehabilitation, and sheer force of will, he's walking again, eager to resume his work as a southern lawman and track down those responsible for his attempted murder. But someone is standing in his way: an interim sheriff, appointed by the newly elected Governor Vardaman, the man who Quinn knows ordered his murder. Vardaman sits at the top of the state's power structure--both legal and criminal--and little does he know, Quinn is still working to take him down.
Quinn will enlist the help of his most trusted friends, including federal agent Jon Holliday, U.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil, and Nat Wilikins, an undercover agent now working for crime queen Fannie Hathcock. Since Quinn's been gone, the criminal element in north Mississippi has flourished, with Hathcock enjoying unbridled freedom. Now as a bustling factory shuts down, a labor leader ends up dead, and Quinn's own nephew goes missing, everything looks to be unraveling. Even an old friend from Quinn's past, Donnie Varner, is out of jail and up to his own ways.
Quinn Colson and company have been planning for years, and now they're finally ready to bust apart a criminal empire running on a rigged system for far too long. This is the Battle of Jericho, the epic showdown that's been years in the making. Eventually, the war will end--for better or worse.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of bestseller Atkins's subpar 10th Quinn Colson novel (after 2019's The Shameless), Colson, the sheriff of Mississippi's Tibbehah County, is bleeding out after being shot multiple times in the back during an ambush by members of a militia group. Implausibly, he's soon on the mend, and the brush with death barely slows him down in his subsequent inquiry into the assault, which he believes was the work of strip club operator Fannie Hathcock, who runs drugs and guns, has bashed in an enemy's head with a hammer, and whose powerful friends include the governor. Brock Tanner, the interim sheriff appointed during Colson's recovery, hampers Colson's investigation. Like Hathcock, Tanner isn't painted with any shades of gray, and he happily collaborates with ICE agents to round up people of color working at the local chicken processing ranch. The quest to take down Hathcock and Tanner feels familiar, and no character has the depth Atkins displayed in his mysteries based on true crime. This entry suggests the series may be running out of steam.
Customer Reviews
This Longmire or what?
After finishing this book it hit me. Too many parallels to the Longmire books and tv series. Some characters (Caddy) even named the same. I enjoys this series and will most likely read others, but sure reminds me of Longmire.
A great read…
…from start to finish. This group of characters seems to be making big changes in this book. Looking forward to the next evolution.
Same old same old
In all of this series either Quinn is the sheriff at the beginning of the book or at the end. The jail house is a revolving door of criminals going in for years only to get out in months, only thing missing is people coming back from the dead, which I am sure will happen. 12 year olds stabbing pimps, always the same people being attacked, all unbelievable even for fiction. The only way I finished it was not reading every page. Very disappointing read.