Mississippi Mud: The True-crime Bestseller of Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia - Softcover

Humes, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439186650 ISBN 13: 9781439186657

Publisher: Gallery Books, 2010

Synopsis

Biloxi, Mississippi, is a city of contradictions. A lush green jewel on the Gulf of Mexico, a Southern Riviera steeped in Confederate history, where antebellum mansions command staggering ocean views. Yet it has also been home to The Strip, a beachside center of neon decadence, prostitution, drugs, and corrupt public servants - all in thrall to a shadowy band of criminals called the Dixie Mafia. Here in Biloxi, Old South virtue clashes with a long-standing tolerance for evil. When one of the city's most prominent couples - a judge and his mayoral-candidate wife - were shot in their home, their daughter embarked on a dangerous crusade for justice that would forever change the complexion of Biloxi. She wanted to accomplish what the police could not or would not do: find the assassins and shake the city of Biloxi from its jaded complacency. In Mississippi Mud, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes tells the inspiring and harrowing story of Lynne Sposito, whose obsession with solving her parents' murder "irresistibly draws us into a ripe, teeming, darkness, " into a sin-belt world of conscienceless killers, illegal casinos, and venal politicians. At the same time, Mississippi Mud provides a fascinating and vivid portrait of a little-known corner of the Deep South where corruption and betrayal arise not only from the criminal element but also from the good people of Biloxi's long-standing tradition of turning a blind eye to the malignancy in their midst. Though a work of nonfiction, scrupulously reported and documented, Mississippi Mud reads like an exquisitely taut and suspenseful novel, building toward a surprising - and chilling - conclusion, as the forces unleashed by Lynne'sinvestigation forever alter her life, and Biloxi's future.

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Review:

Ann Rule

A story almost too unbelievable to be true. But it is....Terrific!

Joyce R. Slater

"Chicago Tribune"

Reminiscent of Truman Capote's In "Cold Blood...."Read[s] as smoothly as a finely crafted suspense novel.

Joyce R. Slater"Chicago Tribune"Reminiscent of Truman Capote's In "Cold Blood...."Read[s] as smoothly as a finely crafted suspense novel.

Ann RuleA story almost too unbelievable to be true. But it is....Terrific!

About the Author:

Edward Humes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for specialized reporting, is the author of many critically acclaimed nonfiction books including, Monkey Girl, School of Dreams, Mississippi Mud, Mean Justice, and Garbology. He is currently writer-at-large for Los Angeles Magazine and lives in California. Visit EdwardHumes.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439186650
• ISBN 13: 9781439186657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 457