Crossroad Blues

by Ace Atkins

• ISBN13: 9780312971922
• ISBN10: 0312971923
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur

Summary

With overwhelming acclaim from reviewers, readers, and peers alike, first-time novelist Ace Atkins hits a high note with Nick Travers, mystery fiction's first blues hero. An ex-football pro, Nick's days are now as languid as the Big Easy itself-he teaches the History of Blues at Tulane and occasionally plays the harmonica at JoJo's Blues Bar in the French Quarter. But when a colleague disappears into the Mississippi Delta while researching 1930s blues legend Robert Johnson, Nick's life takes a tailspin. On the trail of the lost professor, Nick also delves into Johnson's mysterious death, and suddenly finds himself with two baffling mysteries on his hands, each more convoluted than the mighty Mississippi.

Author Biography

Ace Atkins is a staff writer for the Tampa Tribune. He was born in Alabama and was a member of the undefeated 1993 Auburn University football team. Atkins returns to the Deep South frequently and has just released his second Nick Travers novel, Leavin' Trunk Blues.