Ace Atkins, Stand Alone Novel: White Shadow; Stand Alone Novel: Infamous
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Ace Atkins, Stand Alone Novel: White Shadow; Stand Alone Novel: Infamous. Ace Atkins, Stand Alone Novel: Infamous. Ace Atkins, Stand Alone Novel: White Shadow. Ace Atkins is an award-winning. Ace Atkins was born on June 28, 1970. Biography of Ace Atkins. In addition to his own original series (Nick Travers and Quinn Colson), he was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the iconic Spenser novel series. Ace Atkins, Stand Alone Novel: White Shadow Ace Atkins is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of crime fiction and a former newspaper reporter who lives in Oxford, Mississippi. His novel White Shadow is indeed a standalone historical thriller based on a true, unsolved murder. Biography of Ace Atkins Ace Atkins was born on June 28, 1970. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he was a newspaper reporter in Florida, covering the crime beat. This background in journalism, including an award-winning series of articles on the real-life gangster Charlie Wall, influenced his crime novels. Career: Atkins is a prolific writer who has authored more than thirty novels and numerous short stories. In addition to his own original series (Nick Travers and Quinn Colson), he was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the iconic Spenser novel series. Awards and Recognition: He has been nominated for major awards in crime fiction, including the Edgar Award multiple times, and is a recipient of the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award and the Harper Lee Award. Personal Life: He is a former college football player who graduated from Auburn University in 1994. He lives with his wife and two children on a farm outside Oxford, Mississippi. White Shadow is a stand-alone crime novel by Ace Atkins, published in 2006, based on the true story of the 1955 murder of Tampa mob boss Charlie Wall. The book is set in 1955 Tampa and follows the investigation into the death, which uncovers a complex web of gangster, political, and personal intrigue that extends to pre-revolutionary Havana. It is a fictionalized account of the real-life events surrounding the murder and the ensuing power struggles. Plot : The novel begins with the murder of retired mob boss Charlie Wall and follows various characters—including cops, reporters, and associates—as they try to unravel the mystery and its implications. Setting : The story is set in 1955 Tampa, Florida, a city filled with Sicilian and Cuban gangsters, cigar factories, and a backdrop of political tension. Characters : Key characters include a detective, Ed Dodge, who is a composite of real detectives, and a retired detective, W.D. Bush, who claims to know who the killer is. The novel also features fictionalized portrayals of real figures, such as a young Fidel Castro, who is shown cobbling together a revolutionary movement. Themes : The novel explores themes of revenge, honor, greed, and the secrets that can destroy a criminal empire and even ignite a revolution. Ace Atkins, Stand Alone Novel: Infamous From "one of the best crime writers at work today" (Michael Connelly) comes a fast, funny, violent new noir crime classic—a Coen Brothers movie come to life. He has been compared to Lehane, Ellroy, and Pelecanos, but Ace Atkins's rich, raucous, passionate blend of historical novel and crime story is all his own and never more so than in Infamous .In July 1933, the gangster known as George "Machine Gun" Kelly staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oil man. He would live to regret it. Kelly was never the sharpest knife in the drawer, and what started clean soon became messy, as two of his partners cut themselves into the action; a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission; and Kelly's wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both ends against the middle.The result is a mesmerizing tale set in the first days of the modern FBI, featuring one of the best femmes fatales in history—the Lady Macbeth of Depression-era crime—a great unexpected hero, and some of the most colorful supporting characters in recent crime fiction.
