SYKM


   Ace Atkins
[1970-]
 
   
  Nick Travers, ex-football star, part-time detective, and full-time expert on blues in New Orleans, Louisiana:  
 

Crossroad Blues (1998)

Leavin’ Trunk Blues (2000)

Dark End of the Street (2002)

Dirty South (2004)

 

 
  Quinn Colson, an army ranger returning home from Afghanistan, in rural northeast Mississippi:  
 

The Ranger (2011)
Finalist 2012 Edgar Award for Best Mystery

The Lost Ones (due May 31, 2012)

 
 
 
  Non-series fictionalizations of historical events:  
 

White Shadow (2006)
(1955 murder of Charlie Wall)
Finalist 2007 Barry Award for Best Novel

Wicked City (2008)
(1954 murder of Albert Patterson)

Devil’s Garden (2009) [review]
(1921 Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle case)
Finalist 2009 Hammett Prize

Infamous (2010)
(1933 George “Machine Gun” Kelly)

 

 
  Continuation of the Spenser series by Robert B. Parker:  
 

Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby (2012)