Reviews for Leavin' trunk blues

The average rating for Leavin' trunk blues based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-07 00:00:00 Beverly Titel I've committed myself to finishing the series, though this second book is much less about the music and much more a traditional mystery, technically a "closed case," but one that generates considerable murder and mayhem. Nick Travers moves from the Delta to Chicago for this case, and I really would have liked to have heard more about the life of the Blues singer whose trail he is following. Besides pretty much losing track of this character whose unlawful conviction for murder has resulted in 20 years of jail time, Atkins, alas, loses his writing ability. I particularly liked the man who pulls an unlit cigar out of his jacket pocket and gave the 'most fascinating facial feature of the week' award to the following: "Her face was flat as a skillet with wide-set eyes, smallish ears, and an ass the size of Texas." On to the Dark End of the Street. Let's hope Atkins has his ducks in a row for that one.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-31 00:00:00 Fawn Hoang Second in the series, our ex-NFL player/now blues historian professor, Nick Travers is off to Chicago. To interview Ruby Walker, whom they called Sweet Black Angel in the 50's, and has spent 40 years in prison for killing her lover. Nick and the reader, see the gritty/slums/under belly side of Chicago...the South Side. With a monsterous drug dealer after Nick to keep him from digging up the past, to him finding some of the names of blues past. As in his first novel, Atkins research of blues artists, icons from the 30's, makes this a unique mystery series.