Racing to Biloxi for answers, Lynne found the police investigation in chaos. The only sure lead was that the Sherry''s murder somehow was connected to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran Biloxi''s beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze known as The Strip. Lynne, armed with a savvy private eye -- and a .357 Magnum -- set out to accomplish what the authorities could not or would not do: hunt down her parents'' assassins and bring them to justice.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes delivers a shocking and bizarre tale set against a teeming underworld of merciless killers, ruthless con men, and venal politicians. Mississippi Mud portrays how one woman''s steely obsession for the truth shook a city to its foundation -- and nearly destroyed everything she loved. Less
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