Ace Atkins

Ace Atkins

Ace Atkins is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels and numerous short stories. A former college football player and newspaper reporter, he’s a recipient of the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award, the Harper Lee Award, and a member of the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. He lives with his wife Angela and two children in Oxford, Mississippi.

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Books by Ace Atkins

Crossroad Blues (Nick Travers #1)

Unrated

Leavin' Trunk Blues (Nick Travers #2)

Unrated

Dark End of the Street (Nick Travers #3)

Unrated

Dirty South (Nick Travers #4)

Unrated

White Shadow

Unrated

Wicked City

Unrated

Devil's Garden

Unrated

Infamous

Unrated

The Ranger (Quinn Colson #1)

★ 7.50 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Lullaby (Spenser #40)

Unrated

The Lost Ones (Quinn Colson #2)

★ 7.00 / 2

Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Nick Travers #4.5)

Unrated

Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (Spenser #41)

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The Broken Places (Quinn Colson #3)

★ 7.00 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (Spenser #42)

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The Forsaken (Quinn Colson #4)

★ 6.50 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Kickback (Spenser #43)

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The Redeemers (Quinn Colson #5)

★ 6.50 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser #44)

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The Innocents (Quinn Colson #6)

★ 6.50 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (Spenser #45)

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The Fallen (Quinn Colson #7)

★ 6.50 / 2

The Sinners (Quinn Colson #8)

★ 6.50 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic (Spenser #46)

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The Shameless (Quinn Colson #9)

★ 6.00 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes (Spenser #47)

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The Revelators (Quinn Colson #10)

★ 6.00 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me (Spenser #48)

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The Heathens (Quinn Colson #11)

★ 6.00 / 2

Robert B. Parker's Bye Bye Baby (Spenser #49)

Unrated

The Havana Run

Unrated

Don't Let the Devil Ride

Unrated

Kudzu (Quinn Colson)

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From Four Til Late (Nick Travers)

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Sunset Park

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Stuntman (Jason Colson #0.5)

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

★ 8.00 / 1

Series by Ace Atkins

Spenser (53 books)

Quinn Colson (12 books)

Nick Travers (6 books)

Jason Colson (1 book)

Fictions and Others

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

2025 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Stuntman (Jason Colson #0.5 / 0.5)

2025 | short stories, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

2025 | short stories, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

From Four Til Late (Nick Travers)

2025 | short stories, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Kudzu (Quinn Colson)

2025 | short stories, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Don't Let the Devil Ride

2024 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

2024 | short stories, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Bye Bye Baby (Spenser #49 / 53)

2022 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery

The Heathens (Quinn Colson #11 / 11)

2021 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me (Spenser #48 / 53)

2021 | adult, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Revelators (Quinn Colson #10 / 11)

2020 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes (Spenser #47 / 53)

2019 | adult, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Shameless (Quinn Colson #9 / 11)

2019 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic (Spenser #46 / 53)

2019 | adult, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Sinners (Quinn Colson #8 / 11)

2018 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Fallen (Quinn Colson #7 / 11)

2017 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (Spenser #45 / 53)

2017 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Innocents (Quinn Colson #6 / 11)

2016 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser #44 / 53)

2016 | adult, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Redeemers (Quinn Colson #5 / 11)

2015 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Kickback (Spenser #43 / 53)

2015 | adult, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Forsaken (Quinn Colson #4 / 11)

2014 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (Spenser #42 / 53)

2014 | adult, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Broken Places (Quinn Colson #3 / 11)

2013 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (Spenser #41 / 53)

2013 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Nick Travers #4.5 / 4.5)

2012 | short stories, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Lost Ones (Quinn Colson #2 / 11)

2012 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robert B. Parker's Lullaby (Spenser #40 / 53)

2012 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, adventure, mystery

The Ranger (Quinn Colson #1 / 11)

2011 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

2010 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

2009 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

2008 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

2006 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Dirty South (Nick Travers #4 / 4.5)

2004 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Dark End of the Street (Nick Travers #3 / 4.5)

2002 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Leavin' Trunk Blues (Nick Travers #2 / 4.5)

2000 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Crossroad Blues (Nick Travers #1 / 4.5)

1998 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery