The Heathens by Ace Atkins - 9781472156709

Little, Brown Book Group

The HeathensAuthor(s): Ace Atkins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom\nImprint: Corsair\nISBN-13: 9781472156709, 978-1472156709\nSynopsis\nSheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a woman is found dead and three delinquent teens go on the run.\nBefore he was an Army Ranger who came home to become Tibbehah County Sheriff and take down a corrupt system, Quinn Colson was a kid who got into trouble--a lot of it. So when juvenile delinquent TJ Byrd insists that she doesn't know who killed her mother-an unreliable addict who has disappeared-Quinn's inclined to believe her. But no one else does--not the town, not the sheriff in a neighboring county, not her mother's older boyfriend, and certainly not Quinn's friend and former deputy, [url] Marshal Lillie Virgil. The Byrd family has always been trouble, and sixteen-year-old TJ is known for petty theft, fighting, and gener.