Recent Releases
Infamous
Spring 2010
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.
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Devil’s Garden
April 2009
From the critically acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.
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Wicked City
April 2008
In 1955, Look magazine called Phenix City, Alabama, “The Wickedest City in America,” a stew of organized crime and corruption, run by a machine that dealt with complaints forcefully and with dispatch.
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White Shadow
May 2006
From “a singular voice in fiction” (USA Today) comes a remarkable new novel about one of the most infamous murders in Florida history.
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Nick Travers Stories
Dirty South
March 2005
Ace Atkins returns with Nick Travers to the back streets of New Orleans for his best and most ambitious novel yet. >> More |
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Dark End of The Street
November 2002
Atkins takes Nick Travers on a journey into the hidden pockets of New Orleans, the battered roadhouses and truck stops of Mississippi, and the streets of Memphis that only an insider could know. >> More |
Leavin’ Trunk Blues
July 2000
In the music clubs on the South Side of Chicago, the blues—once as strong as the backs of the neighborhood's working class—has lost its hope and its voice. >> More |
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Crossroad Blues
September 1998
Nick Travers, an ex-New Orleans Saint turned blues historian at Tulane University, heads deep into the heart of the blues—the Mississippi Delta. >> More |
Anthologies and More
New Orleans Noir
April 2007
Featuring “Angola South,” a short story Ace wrote after covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, New Orleans Noir is one of Akashic Books’ groundbreaking original noir anthologies. >> More |
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In the Wake of Katrina
September 2006
Between September 3 and 11, 2005, Ace Atkins teamed with photographer Larry Towell and traveled along the coast of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, documenting the dramatic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. >> More |
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