Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Crossroad Blues
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Ace Atkins
Class/Genre: Mystery Private Investigator
Series: Nick Travers # 1
St. Martin's, Oct 1998, $21.95, 240 pp.
In 1938 Mississippi, the king of blues, Robert Johnson is murdered. No one was ever convicted of the crime. Six decades later rumors abound among musicologists that nine unknown Johnson recordings have been found in Delta country. A Tulane University professor vanishes while tracking down the rumor.
Former Saints football player Nick Travers loves to play his harmonica while studying the Blues. However, he goes out of tune when he is propelled by inner demons to follow the trail of the missing professor, a colleague at the school, in an effort to locate the missing person and the missing recordings. However, the Delta may prove dangerous if Nick is not careful because a teenaged, Elvis impersonating hit man wants no one in his way.
CROSSROAD BLUES is a fabulous amateur sleuth mystery that is extremely enjoyable. The story line is filed with action, and the locales (New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta) are brilliantly described. Nick is a fabulous character and the homage to the Blues will please BB King. Ace Atkins has started a new series that will draw many fans that will not be singing the blues.
Harriet Klausner
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