{"product_id":"wicked-city-a-thriller-paperback","title":"Wicked City: A Thriller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAce Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a \"noir crime classic\"(\u003ci\u003eMystery Ink\u003c\/i\u003e) about one of the most notorious towns in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City, Alabama, alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause for just a moment--and when it starts up again, there is something different about it. A small group of men meet and decide they have had enough, but what that means and where it will take them is something they could not have foreseen. Over the course of the next several months, lives will change, people die, and unexpected heroes emerge--like \"a Randolph Scott western,\" one of them remarks, \"played out not with horses and Winchesters, but with Chevys and .38s and switchblades.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeopled by an extraordinary cast of characters, both real and fictional, \u003ci\u003eWicked City\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of uncommon intensity, rich with atmosphere, filled with sensuality and surprise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAce Atkins \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which--\u003ci\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Ones\u003c\/i\u003e--were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he also has a third Edgar nomination for his short story, \"Last Fair Deal Gone Down\"). In addition, he is the author of several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e St. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a crime reporter for the\u003ci\u003e Tampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.3 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759199944992,"sku":"9780425227077","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b781229dc4879e870fce6ec5f7ae56b.webp?v=1780145199","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wicked-city-a-thriller-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}