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"When all is said and done, Dark End sheds light on the underbelly of politics, racism and the junking of American culture. Atkins is an astute observer of life as well as a singular voice in fiction."?USA Today
"Ace Atkins writes like a crime beat reporter jacked on passion and ambition."?George Pelecanos
"One of best crime writers at work today."?Michael Connelly
The plan is simple. All Nick Travers, a former professional football player turned professor, has to do is drive up Highway 61 from New Orleans to Memphis and track down the lost brother of one of his best friends. But, as Travers knows, these simple jobs seldom turn out smoothly.
This new edition features:
- New foreword by Robert Gordon (Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters)
- New afterword by Ace Atkins
Ace Atkins, a former journalist, has written eight novels. His writing career began at age twenty-eight when the first of four Nick Travers novels was published in 1998. In 2001 he earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his investigation into a 1950s murder that inspired his 2006 novel White Shadow. He followed with three more true-crime novels, including Infamous (Putnam, 2010). His original short story "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" (in Busted Flush Press' 2009 reprint of Crossroad Blues) was nominated for the Edgar Award. Atkins lives on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi, with his family.
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"Dark End of the Street is really good. Ace Atkins can write."
Robert B. Parker
"Ace Atkins is an ace of a writer."
Elmore Leonard
"Toe-tapping good fun."
Booklist
"Ace Atkins is the real deal, a writer of exceptional talent with a razor-sharp eye for detail and an intimate knowledge of gritty street life. In Dark End of the Street his characters are so tangy and richly succulent, his story so tense and suspenseful, you’ll have to restrain yourself from slurping it down in a single rush."
James W. Hall
\Ace Atkins is the author of seven novels, including his latest, DEVIL'S GARDEN (Putnam).
A former journalist who cut his teeth as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune, he published his first novel, CROSSROAD BLUES, at 27 and became a full-time novelist at 30.
While at the Tribune, Ace earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for a feature series based on his investigation into a forgotten murder of the 1950s. The story became the core of his critically acclaimed novel, WHITE SHADOW, which earned raves from noted authors and critics. In his next novels, WICKED CITY and now, DEVIL'S GARDEN, Ace continues to carve a new a niche as both a talented storyteller and a meticulous journalist, blending first-hand interviews and original research into police and court records with tightly woven plots and incisive characters. Ace’s novels tell great American stories, weaving fact and fiction into a colorful, seamless tapestry.
DEVIL'S GARDEN, WICKED CITY, and WHITE SHADOW are all very personal books for Atkins, all set in his former homes: San Francisco, where he lived as a child; Alabama, his family’s home and where he was born and went to college; and Tampa, where he embarked on his career as a writer. Each novel contains bits of himself?friends and colleagues he once knew, people he respected or admired, family members, and personal heroes.
In DEVIL'S GARDEN, Atkins explores the early life of one of those heroes: Dashiell Hammett, the originator of the hard-boiled crime novel. As a Pinkerton Agency detective, Hammett investigated the rape/manslaughter case against early Hollywood star Roscoe Arbuckle, one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century.
Ace lives on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
A former journalist who cut his teeth as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune, he published his first novel, CROSSROAD BLUES, at 27 and became a full-time novelist at 30.
While at the Tribune, Ace earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for a feature series based on his investigation into a forgotten murder of the 1950s. The story became the core of his critically acclaimed novel, WHITE SHADOW, which earned raves from noted authors and critics. In his next novels, WICKED CITY and now, DEVIL'S GARDEN, Ace continues to carve a new a niche as both a talented storyteller and a meticulous journalist, blending first-hand interviews and original research into police and court records with tightly woven plots and incisive characters. Ace’s novels tell great American stories, weaving fact and fiction into a colorful, seamless tapestry.
DEVIL'S GARDEN, WICKED CITY, and WHITE SHADOW are all very personal books for Atkins, all set in his former homes: San Francisco, where he lived as a child; Alabama, his family’s home and where he was born and went to college; and Tampa, where he embarked on his career as a writer. Each novel contains bits of himself?friends and colleagues he once knew, people he respected or admired, family members, and personal heroes.
In DEVIL'S GARDEN, Atkins explores the early life of one of those heroes: Dashiell Hammett, the originator of the hard-boiled crime novel. As a Pinkerton Agency detective, Hammett investigated the rape/manslaughter case against early Hollywood star Roscoe Arbuckle, one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century.
Ace lives on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
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- PublisherBusted Flush Pr
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1935415174
- ISBN 13 9781935415176
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages250
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