With each new novel in his Quinn Colson series, New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins garners more praise and fans. His previous book in the series, The Innocents, was called “rousing” (Associated Press), and “scorching” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), and was included on the New York Times Book Review’s “Best Crime Novels of 2016” list. As reviewers note, Atkins delivers something far more complex and rewarding than brilliantly crafted whodunits. “Readers get more than a mystery, they get an entertaining lesson in the sociology of the small-town South” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). With the seventh installment in the Quinn Colson series, THE FALLEN, Atkins presents a gripping tale of bank robbery, sex trafficking, drug dealing, murder, and chilling corruption that resonates uncannily in our new political era.

Former Army Ranger and Afghanistan war veteran Quinn Colson has just been re-elected sheriff of his native Tibbehah County, Mississippi. Things have been quiet recently for Quinn and Lillie, his able deputy, but they start to heat up when a crew of highly skilled bank robbers starts to hit some of the Mid-South’s leading financial institutions. The criminals’ expert use of controlled chaos, speed, and violence leads Quinn to suspect that they are ex-military. Meanwhile, two wayward teenage girls have gone missing. What’s more, Fannie Hathcock, the red-headed bombshell who owns Tibbehah County’s one and only booze and broads bar, has been accused of beating one of her customers in the head with a hammer. As Quinn and Lillie investigate the bank robberies, the missing girls, and the mess at the bar, they uncover unexpected connections. But the links are more sinister and shocking than even these hardened law officers could have suspected.