Don Noble will return Jan. 19 with a new column.) After a short spell as a police reporter in Tampa, Ace Atkins, a man of infinite energy and versatility, started his career alternating Nick ...

Bestselling crime fiction writers Ace Atkins, Tim Dorsey and Lisa Unger, all featured authors at the Times Festival of Reading, have made use of real-life crimes in their novels to varying degrees.

“Not one person here looks like the person standing next to them” said his brother, Ace Atkins. “He touched the lives of so many different people.” Lines of 25 people at a time poured ...